Rusalka i missis Khenkok - Gauer I.G.

September night 1785 merchant John Hancock wakes a desperate knock on the door. The captain of one of his ships, the Calliope, returned a month late. However, he returned without Calliope: Captain Jones sold the ship to buy a marvelous effigy of a mermaid. The news instantly spreads across London, through the brilliant salons and smoky coffee shops. The mermaid opens the most unexpected doors to a modest merchant - and here at a reception in the "Royal abode" John Hancock meets Angelica Neal - the most captivating woman he has ever seen. Their fates inevitably - and in unexpected ways - intertwine; but will they be able to escape the fateful curse that, according to ancient belief, imposes a mermaid?.. For the first time in Russian is the main bestseller of the British debuts of 2018, "an unparalleled historical novel about passion and indoctaking" (The Times), "an inexhaustible treasure trove of risky humor and readership" (Evening Standard).