The quality of mercy / Barry Unsworth.
Material type: TextSeries: Sacred hunger ; 2.Publication details: London : Hutchinson, 2011Description: 294 p. ; 24cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780091937133 (pbk.); 9780091937126 (hbk.)Subject(s): 1700 - 1799 | Historical fiction | Historical fiction, English | Coal mines and mining -- England -- History -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Fugitive slaves -- Fiction | Slave trade -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | Coal mines and mining -- England -- Durham (County) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | Coal mines and mining | Slave trade | Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Fiction | England -- Fiction | Durham (England : County) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | England -- Durham (County) | England -- London | Historical fictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction | Historical fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Historical fiction. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 823/.914 LOC classification: PR6071.N8 | Q35 2011bOther classification: HN 9990 Summary: It is the spring of 1767 and Erasmus Kemp has brought back fugitive settlers from America, among them Sullivan, an Irish fiddler. As Sullivan sits in jail, charged with playing a role in the loss of Kemp's father's ship, he makes a solemn vow to gain his freedom and personally deliver the news of a shipmate's passing to his family.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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It is the spring of 1767 and Erasmus Kemp has brought back fugitive settlers from America, among them Sullivan, an Irish fiddler. As Sullivan sits in jail, charged with playing a role in the loss of Kemp's father's ship, he makes a solemn vow to gain his freedom and personally deliver the news of a shipmate's passing to his family.
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