'A unique and thrilling insight into the brilliant mind of Anne Lister' Sally Wainwright Female Fortune is the book which inspired Sally Wainwright to write Gentleman Jack, now a major drama series for the BBC and HBO. Lesbian landowner Anne Lister inherited Shibden Hall, Halifax in 1826. Lister was an impressive scholar, a fearless traveller and successful businesswoman. 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 UK Memory of the World...