Imogen Hermes Gowar presents The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock: The spellbinding Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction phenomenon

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock: The spellbinding Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction phenomenon Author: Imogen Hermes Gowar Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 25, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar, read by Juliet Stevenson. This voyage is special. It will change everything… 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. What will be the cost of their ambitions? 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. ‘A cracking historical novel... The story is by turns intriguing, touching, funny, sad and heartwarming. It will make you laugh and it may make you cry.... The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock is superb.’ – The Times ‘A marvellous, high-energy, inventive romp through Georgian society. Rich in delicious period detail and written with a wickedly observant eye, the path of this unlikely romance leads down some unexpected byways to give a fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable reading treat.’ – Daily Mail