| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (17hr., 20 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Juliet Stevenson. |
| Summary |
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 meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost. Where will their ambitions lead? And will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess? In this spell-binding story of curiosity and obsession, Imogen Hermes Gowar has created an unforgettable jewel of a novel, filled to the brim with intelligence, heart and wit. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Seafaring life -- Fiction.
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Mermaids -- Fiction.
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Courtesans -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Humorous fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Stevenson, Juliet, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780062864833 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0062864831 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12157318 |
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