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    Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

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    ISBN: 9781784705992
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    AuthorGowar, Imogen Hermes
    Pub Date24/01/2019
    BindingPaperback
    Pages496
    Publisher: VINTAGE
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    'A cracking historical novel - with a twinge of the surreal - about passion and obsession' The TimesSHORLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep.

    '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?