{"product_id":"female-fortune","title":"Female Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘A unique and thrilling insight into the brilliant mind of Anne Lister’ \u003cbr\u003eSally Wainwright\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ecreator of\u003ci\u003e Gentleman Jack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFemale Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e is the book which inspired Sally Wainwright to write \u003ci\u003eGentleman Jack\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major drama series for the BBC and HBO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesbian landowner Anne Lister inherited Shibden Hall in 1826. She was an impressive scholar, fearless traveller and successful businesswoman, even developing her own coalmines. Her extraordinary diaries, running to 4-5 million words, were partly written in her own secret code and recorded her love affairs with startling candour. The diaries were included on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill Liddington’s classic edition of the diaries tells the story of how Anne Lister wooed and seduced neighbouring heiress Ann Walker, who moved in to live with Anne and her family in 1834. Politically active, Anne Lister door-stepped her tenants at the 1835 Election to vote Tory. And socially very ambitious, she employed architects to redesign both the Hall and the estate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Ann Walker had an inconvenient number of local relatives, suspicious of exactly how Anne Lister could pay for all her grand improvements. Tensions grew to a melodramatic crescendo when news reached Shibden of the pair being burnt in effigy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2022 edition includes a fascinating Afterword on the recent discovery of Ann Walker’s own diary. \u003ci\u003eFemale Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for those who watched \u003ci\u003eGentleman Jack\u003c\/i\u003e and want to know more about the extraordinary woman that was Anne Lister.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220775031128,"sku":"9781526164414","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781526164414.jpg?v=1771315233","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/female-fortune","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}