The Quality of Mercy
#5017 of 8,085 books · #779 in Historical Fiction
Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2012).
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.
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- ISBN-13
- 9780091937126
- Genre
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Awards
- Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionShortlisted(2012)
Other awarded books from Barry Unsworth
- Sacred Hunger (2012)1 win · 12 score
- Morality Play (1995)0 wins · 4 score
- Pascali's Island (1997)0 wins · 4 score
- The Ruby in Her Navel (2007)0 wins · 2 score
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