02019cam a2200325 i 4500 771714630 TxAuBib 20191008120000.0 180716s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018146107 9780062859952 HRD 28.99 0062859951 HRD 28.99 NjBwBT eng NjBwBT rda GCmBT TxAuBib rda Gowar, Imogen Hermes, author. Mermaid and Mrs Hancock. The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock [Book] : a history in three volumes / written by Imogen Hermes Gowar. First U.S. edition. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. v, 487 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 accomplishment. This chance meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, a journey on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost… hat will be the cost of their ambitions? And will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess? 20191008. Seafaring life Fiction. Mermaids Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Voyages and travels Fiction. Historical fiction. Humorous stories.