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Synopsis
1752, the Liverpool Merchant sets sail from Merseyside. A slaver, she is bound for Africa to buy men and transport them in chains across the Atlantic. But aboard ship disease thrives in the cramped hold, killing men and eating into profit. Captain Thurso insists on throwing the sick overboard, to the horror of Matthew Paris, ship's surgeon, who determines to prevent such barbarity. Meanwhile, back home, Erasmus Kemp, cousin of Paris and son of the Liverpool Merchant's owner, finds his fortune hanging in the balance: dependent on the success or failure of a single voyage ...
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About the Authors
Barry Unsworth FRSL (10 August 1930 – 4 June 2012) was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger.
David attended Edinburgh University and then went to RADA on a scholarship. He has worked in most of Britain's major theatres, including the Royal Court, National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal Shakespeare Company. On television he has played Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, "The Mad King" in Game of Thrones and the title character in ITV's Doctor Finlay. David's film work includes Unrelated, My Week With Marilyn, The Iron Lady and Roman Polanski's The Ghost. Most recently, he played Michael Adeane in the third season of Netflix’s The Crown. He has recorded over 300 audiobooks.
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- PublisherBolinda/Audible Audio
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1489353984
- ISBN 13 9781489353986
- BindingAudio CD
- LanguageEnglish
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