The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring SurAnne Jones In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman.
She lives in Yorkshire..
Anne Choma (author) is a writer and historical researcher, known as one of the foremost experts on the life and diaries of Anne Lister.
Her shows include Gentleman Jack, Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, To Walk Invisible, Scott & Bailey and At Home with the Braithwaites.
About the Author: Sally Wainwright(foreword) is a BAFTA award-winning writer and director.
This biographical portrait introduces the Real Gentleman Jack, featuring unpublished journal extracts decrypted for the first time by series creator Sally Wainwright and historian Anne Choma.
Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister follows Anne from her crumbling ancestral home in Yorkshire to the glittering courts of Denmark as she resolves to put past heartbreak behind her and find herself a wife.
She was a landowner, an industrialist and a prolific diarist, whose output has secured her legacy as one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century.
Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her.
Anne Lister was extraordinary.
This is her remarkable, true story.
The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring SurAnne Jones In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman
