Barry Unsworth (1930-2012) was a British novelist who wrote historical fiction. He won the Booker Prize with Sacred Hunger and was shortlisted for Pascali's Island and Morality Play. He published seventeen novels to critical acclaim.
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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 fully into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In the B... SEE MORE