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These remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller - and lesbian. She kept extensive diaries, written partly in code, of her life and loves. The diaries have been edited by Helena Whitbread, who spent years decoding and transcribing them.
' Anne Lister's] sense of self, and self-awareness, is what makes her modern to us. She was a woman exercising conscious choice. She controlled her cash and her body. At a time when women had to...

Following from The Secret Diaries of Anne Lister: I Know My Own Heart, this second volume continues the story of one of the most remarkable women of her time - landowner, industrialist, traveller and lesbian.

Set in 21st century London, this classic portal fantasy moves between the world as we know it and a more mythic landscape. A songwriter, a teacher, a botanist, an artistic child and a well-meaning blunderer find themselves dealing with a very powerful adversary. Anne Lister's first novel weaves folklore and legend into the story, and demonstrates her fine-tuned storytelling skills. Anne is of course best known as a songwriter and singer, and a storyteller, and fans of her work will be delighted to read this tale.