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019 $a1016946406
020 $a9780062859952 (hbk.) :$cNT$1015
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 4$aPR6107.O93$bM47 2018
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100 1 $aGowar, Imogen Hermes,$eauthor.
245 14$aThe mermaid and Mrs. Hancock :$ba history in three volumes /$cwritten by Imogen Hermes Gowar.
246 3 $aMermaid & Mrs. Hancock.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,$c[2018].
300 $av, 487 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House, UK--Copyright page.
500 $aA novel--Jacket.
520 $aOne September evening in 1785, Jonah Hancock hears an urgent knocking on his front door near the docks of London. The captain of one of Jonah's trading vessels is waiting eagerly on the front step, bearing shocking news. On a voyageto the Far East, he sold the Jonah's ship for something rare and far more precious: a mermaid. Jonah is stunned--the object the captain presents him is brown and wizened, as small as an infant, with vicious teeth and claws, and a torso thatends in the tail of a fish. It is also dead. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlors and brothels, all of London is curious to see this marvel in Jonah Hancock's possession. Thrust from his ordinary existence, somber Jonah finds himself moving from the city's seedy underbelly to the finest drawing rooms of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of the coquettish Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on--and a shrewd courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting sparks a perilous liaison that steers both their lives onto a dangerous new course as they come to realize that priceless things often come at the greatest cost.--$cFrom publisher website.
650 0$aShip captains$vFiction.
650 0$aMermaids$vFiction.
650 0$aCourtesans$vFiction.
650 0$aMan-woman relationships$vFiction.
650 0$aVoyages and travels$vFiction.
650 0$aSeafaring life$vFiction.
651 0$aLondon (England)$xSocial life and customs$y18th century$vFiction.