The quality of mercy
By: Barry Unsworth
Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780091937126
Description: 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.