TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gowar,Imogen Hermes
TI  - The mermaid and Mrs Hancock: a history in three volumes 
SN  - 9781911215738 (pbk.)
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Harvill Secker
KW  - Humorous fiction
KW  - Mermaids
KW  - Humorous stories
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Seafaring life
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Historical
KW  - Adult fiction
KW  - Print
KW  - gsafd
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Volume I -- Volume II -- Volume III -- Epilogue
N2  - 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?
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