Imogen Hermes Gowar

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...