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Betty Trask Award Best First Novel (nominee)
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book (nominee)
Desmond Elliott Prize Best Book (nominee)
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel (nominee)
'Wonderful...completely transporting' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe
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...
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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PRAISE FOR THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK:
'Full of rich detail' Stylist
'A gloriously assured debut, set in a beautifully drawn London' Red Magazine
'A deliciously salty slab of historical fiction' Daily Telegraph
'A wonderful read' Nina Stibbe
'A dizzyingly good debut' The Times
'Imogen Hermes Gowar delights in the feminine fakery of mermaids, but as a writer she is the real deal' Hermione Eyre, author of Viper Wine
Genre: Historical
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...
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?
________________
PRAISE FOR THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK:
'Full of rich detail' Stylist
'A gloriously assured debut, set in a beautifully drawn London' Red Magazine
'A deliciously salty slab of historical fiction' Daily Telegraph
'A wonderful read' Nina Stibbe
'A dizzyingly good debut' The Times
'Imogen Hermes Gowar delights in the feminine fakery of mermaids, but as a writer she is the real deal' Hermione Eyre, author of Viper Wine
Genre: Historical
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"Beautifully written...As seductive as any siren's song, this remarkable, glittering Georgian tale has a heart of purest gold." - Essie Fox
"The richness and rhythm of the writing is irresistible." - Emma Healey
"A wonderful read." - Nina Stibbe
"The richness and rhythm of the writing is irresistible." - Emma Healey
"A wonderful read." - Nina Stibbe
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Title: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel
Author(s): Imogen Hermes Gowar
ISBN: 1-4434-5671-3 / 978-1-4434-5671-5 (Canada edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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September 2019 : USA Paperback
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September 2018 : Audio CD
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Title: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel
Author(s): Imogen Hermes Gowar
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Author(s): Imogen Hermes Gowar
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September 2018 : USA Kindle edition
Title: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel
Author(s): Imogen Hermes Gowar
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September 2018 : Canada Kindle edition
Title: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel
Author(s): Imogen Hermes Gowar
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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