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The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

✍ Scribed by Imogen Hermes Gowar

Publisher
Random House
Year
2018
Tongue
English
Weight
437 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
1473548012

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✦ Synopsis

A Sunday Times bestseller, now longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018.

'A brilliantly plotted story of mermaids, madams and intrigue in 1780s London and I wouldn't be surprised to see it become the Essex Serpent of 2018' - The Pool

'Imogen Hermes Gowar is a soon-to-be literary star' - Sunday Times

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...

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