The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

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The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

Author : Imogen Hermes Gowar

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Highlights

English

Language

The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

Edition

496

Pages

9781784705992

ISBN-13

1784705992

ISBN-10

Flying Vintage Publishing

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

31 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

'A cracking historical novel – with a twinge of the surreal – about passion and obsession' The Times

SHORLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep. 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, where he meets 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.

What will be the cost of their ambitions And will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a mermaid is said to possess