![]() This is the second volume of her diaries. When they were decoded by Helena Whitbread, lesbian history was changed for ever. She wrote extensive diaries in 'crypthand', which allowed her to record her life in intimate, and sometimes explicit, detail. Fearless and uncompromising, she was determined to live life on her own terms, both financially and sexually. Anne Lister (1791-1840) was one of the most remarkable women of her time. ![]() 'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing: Anne Lister's diaries are an indispensable read' SARAH WATERS. By resurrecting them and editing them with such loving attention and intelligence, Helena Whitbread has earned the gratitude of a whole generation' EMMA DONOGHUE. 'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history they changed everything. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister - Vol.2 : No Priest But Love. ![]()
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