<p><b>The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of <i>Room</i> and <i>The Wonder</i>.<br><br>'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' – <i>The Independent</i><br><br>'Donoghue evokes a relationship that is convincing and exquisitely touching.' – <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br>In 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.<br><br>Eliza Raine, the orphan daughter of an Indian mother, keeps herself apart from the other girls, tired of being picked out for being different. Anne Lister, a gifted troublemaker, is determined to conquer the world, refusing to bow to society’s expectations of what a woman can do.<br><br>As
