The Quality of Mercy

The Quality of Mercy

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<p>It is the spring of 1767, and the vengeful Erasmus Kemp has had the mutinous sailors of his father€s ship brought back to London to stand trial on piracy charges. Much to Kemp€s dismay, the Irish fiddler Sullivan has escaped, and retrieving him proves too much in the midst of overseeing the dramatic legal case and a new business venture in the northern coal and steel industries of Thorpe. But the two men€s paths are about to collide once again, for Sullivan is also on his way to Thorpe to fulfill the dying wish of his shipmate. <br><br>With historical sweep and deep pathos, Unsworth explores the struggles of the downtrodden against the rich and the powerful.</p>