In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle ... Anne is recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary. When her lover Mariana Belcombe makes ...

Anne’s secret code was first broken in the late 19th century by her descendent John Lister, alongside Arthur ... In these two extracts from her diary, from 1832, she does just that.

Anna Madeley is an English actress ... In 2010 she appeared The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, based on a script by Jane English, and starring Maxine Peake as Anne Lister, a 19th-century ...