The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock : a history in three volumes / written by Imogen Hermes Gowar.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062859952
- ISBN: 0062859951
- ISBN: 9781443456692
- ISBN: 1443456691
- ISBN: 9780062859969
- Physical Description: v, 487 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House, UK"--Copyright page.
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- Subject:
- Seafaring life > Fiction.
Ship captains > Fiction.
Mermaids > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Voyages and travels > Fiction.
Courtesans > Fiction.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 18th century > Fiction. - Genre:
- Magic realist fiction.
Historical fiction.
Humorous fiction.
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- 29 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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- 1 current hold with 31 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC GOWAR (Text) | 36015000246799 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC GOWAR (Text) | 36015001176482 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F GOWAR (Text) | 31781065098020 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F GOW (Text) | 0020512005792 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
| Etowah Branch | GOW (Text) | 33258009869681 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Gow (Text) | 30308101198845 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gibsonville Public Library | F Gowar (Text) | 30449000019607 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gilbert Patterson Memorial Library | F GOWAR (Text) | 34510000596633 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F GOW (Text) | 900000000794611 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Gowar (Text) | 33115007663131 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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