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The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock : a history in three volumes

Gowar, Imogen Hermes, author

2018

Overview

\" ... One September evening in 1785, Jonah Hancock hears an urgent knocking on his front door near the docks of London. The captain of one of Jonah's trading vessels is waiting eagerly on the front step, bearing shocking news. On a voyage to the Far East, he sold the Jonah's ship for something rare and far more precious: a mermaid. Jonah is stunned--the object the captain presents him is brown and wizened, as small as an infant, with vicious teeth and claws, and a torso that ends in the tail of a fish. It is also dead. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlors and brothels, all of London is curious to see this marvel in Jonah Hancock's possession. Thrust from his ordinary existence, somber Jonah finds himself moving from the city's seedy underbelly to the finest drawing rooms of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of the coquettish Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on--and a shrewd courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting sparks a perilous liaison that steers both their lives onto a dangerous new course as they come to realize that priceless things often come at the greatest cost.\"-- From publisher website.

• Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
• Subject: 1700-1799 / Ship captains Fiction. / Mermaids Fiction. / Courtesans Fiction. / Man-woman relationships Fiction. / Voyages and travels Fiction. / Seafaring life Fiction. / FICTION Historical. / Courtesans. / Manners and customs. / Mermaids. / Ship captains. / Mermaids and mermen Fiction. / Man-woman relationship Fiction. / London (England) Social life and customs 18th century Fiction. / England London.
• ISBN: 9780062859952, 0062859951, 9781443456692, 1443456691

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR6107.O93 M47 2018C	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE