![]() ![]() In some cases, author signed bookplates are available too. She died of a prolonged fever six weeks later, aged 49, at the edge of the Russian empire (in what is now Kutaisi, Georgia) the furthest her extensive travels had ever taken her from Shibden Hall. You can buy copies of many of our speakers’ books from Fox Lane Books, a local independent bookseller and Festival partner. Was their relationship really as fragile as Anne’s coded writing suggests? Join Jill to find out! Hear about Anne’s life at Shibden Hall after her unconventional ‘marriage’ to wealthy local heiress Ann Walker, and explore the daily lives of these two women, from convivial evenings together to tensions and quarrels. Īt this exciting talk, Jill will discuss As Good as a Marriage (2023), the sequel to Female Fortune, which focuses on Jill’s edited transcriptions of the diaries that show us Anne from 1836-38. Join award-winning writer and historian Jill Liddington, whose Female Fortune (1998) was the book that inspired Sally Wainwright to write Gentleman Jack. The BBC and HBO series Gentleman Jack brought Anne Lister to international attention, awakening tremendous interest in her diaries, which run to nearly five million words and are partly written in her secret code. ![]()
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