# The Quality of Mercy

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- Book: [The Quality of Mercy](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-unsworth/the-quality-of-mercy) ([The Quality of Mercy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-unsworth/the-quality-of-mercy.md))
- Authors: [Barry Unsworth](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-unsworth)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-0794-804-5
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2012-08-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...