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'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?

The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock: The spellbinding Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction phenomenon

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'A cracking historical novel – with a twinge of the surreal – about passion and obsession' The TimesSHORLISTED FOR THE... Read more

    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 24/01/2019
    ISBN13: 9781784705992, 978-1784705992
    ISBN10: 1784705993

    Number of Pages: 496

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    '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?

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