Gentleman Jack

Halifax, 1832. Rejected by aristocratic Vere Hobart, Anne Lister returns to her shabby ancestral home, Shibden Hall, determined to restore its fortunes and find herself a wife.

Anne begins a playful but dangerous courtship of shy local heiress Miss Walker, who quickly finds herself captivated by the attention of her charismatic and unusual neighbour.

Anne Lister and Ann Walker are growing closer, but are they playing with fire? Meanwhile, the Rawson brothers step up their attempts to outmanoeuvre Anne in the coal business.

Anne and Ann are consumed by the excitement of their affair, until bad news prompts Ann Walker to reveal a crippling and compromising secret.

The widowed Reverend Ainsworth sets his sights on Ann Walker after arriving in Halifax and Anne Lister prepares to deal with the clergyman in her own manner, while plans for her estate lead her into trouble.

With Ann Walker's mental health in an alarming downward spiral, and her overprotective tribe of relations watching over her, Anne Lister is forced to contemplate travelling alone, despite her family's warnings that to do so would raise eyebrows.