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Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)

Barry Unsworth
4.12/5 (6318 ratings)
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Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the "sacred hunger" to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp.
Format:
Pages:
630 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
W.W. Norton Company
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0393311147
ISBN13:
9780393311143
kindle Asin:
B005X0JSIW

Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)

Barry Unsworth
4.12/5 (6318 ratings)
Read Download
Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the "sacred hunger" to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp.
Format:
Pages:
630 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
W.W. Norton Company
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0393311147
ISBN13:
9780393311143
kindle Asin:
B005X0JSIW

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