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Marriages and friendships stretch or break; political liaisons prove as dangerous as erotic ones; and everyone wears a mask. Will Eliza Farren, England’s leading comedic actress, gain entry to that elite circle that calls itself the World? Can Lord Derby,…
Miss Emily “Fido” Faithfull is a “woman of business” and a spinster pioneer in the British women’s movement, independent of mind but naively trusting of heart. Distracted from her cause by the sudden return of a once-dear friend, the unhappily…
Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy,…
Jude is a twenty-five-year-old archivist, stubbornly attached to Ireland, Ontario, the tiny town in which she was born and raised. When Jude meets Síle on her first transatlantic plane trip, the spark between them is instant. After a coffee shared…
…by Heart by Emma Donoghue A must for Gentleman Jack fans, and a great example of historical fiction. Rich in detail, the Regency boarding school setting is beautifully evoked. Fifteen-year old Anne Lister leaps off the page – utterly compelling,…
…Roots by McGee Mathews I liked the combination of humor and irony. 3. Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue A love story in a 19th Century girls boarding school. Drawn from diaries of Anne Lister. 4. Undercover Love by Annette…
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