The
mermaid and Mrs Hancock
a history in three volumes
Mermaid & Mistress Hancock
Gowar, Imogen Hermes
creator
author.
text
Historical fiction
Humorous stories
Historical-Adult fiction-Print
Humorous fiction
Historical fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Historical fiction.
Humorous fiction.
enk
London
Harvill Secker
2018
monographic
eng
488 pages ; 24 cm.
This voyage is special. It will change everything ... One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock's marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on ... and a courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost. Where will their ambitions lead? And will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess?
Volume I -- Volume II -- Volume III -- Epilogue.
adult
written by Imogen Hermes Gowar.
Humorous fiction
Mermaids
Humorous stories
Historical fiction
Mermaids
Fiction
Seafaring life
Fiction
Man-woman relationships
Fiction
Voyages and travels
Fiction
823.92
9781911215738 (pbk.)
VDGV
180125
20180522145239.0
000061465257
eng