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  Title

  The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock : a history in three volumes First U.S. edition.

  Author

  Gowar, Imogen Hermes.  

  Publisher:

  Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

  Pub date:

  2018.

  Pages:

  v, 487 pages ;

  ISBN:

  9780062859952

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Whittier Central Library and Whittwood Branch Library.
  

  • 9780062859952
  • Holdings

    Holdings
    Whittier Central Library	Copies	Material	Location
    F GOW	1	Adult Fiction Book	Adult Fiction
    Whittwood Branch Library	Copies	Material	Location
    F GOW	1	Adult Fiction Book	Adult Fiction

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    Library	Copies	Status	Parts
    Whittwood Branch Library	1	RECEIVED

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  The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock : a history in three volumes First U.S. edition.
  Gowar, Imogen Hermes.
  
  
  

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  The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock : a history in three volumes First U.S. edition.
  Gowar, Imogen Hermes.
  

  ISBN:

  9780062859952 (hbk.)

  ISBN:

  0062859951 (hbk.)

  ISBN:

  9781443456692 (pbk.)

  ISBN:

  1443456691 (pbk.)

  Personal Author:

  Gowar, Imogen Hermes.

  Title:

  The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock : a history in three volumes / written by Imogen Hermes Gowar.

  Edition:

  First U.S. edition.

  Publication info:

  New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

  Physical description:

  v, 487 pages ; 24 cm

  Content type:

  text

  Media type:

  unmediated

  Carrier type:

  volume

  General Note:

  "Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House, UK"--Copyright page.

  General Note:

  "A novel"--Jacket.

  Summary:

  "... 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.

  Held by:

  CENTRAL WHITTWOOD

  Subject term:

  Ship captains Fiction.

  Subject term:

  Mermaids Fiction.

  Subject term:

  Courtesans Fiction.

  Geographic term:

  London (England) Social life and customs 18th century Fiction.