The Cruel Sea
$35.29
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2009
Summary
The classic story of the Battle of the Atlantic
Based on the author’s own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two.
Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat and mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves. Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141042831 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141042834 |
| Author: | Nicholas Monsarrat |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Penguin World War II Collection |
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Critics Review
‘Magnificent … the classic record of this heroic struggle’ Observer ‘One of the best novels that has yet been written about sailors at war’ Spectator
About The Author
Nicholas Monsarrat
Nicholas Monsarrat was born in Liverpool in 1910. At the beginning of the war he joined the RNVR as a sub-lieutenant and attained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. He died in August 1979 and his ashes were later scattered over the sea.
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