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The Cruel Sea
Nicholas Monsarrat
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Description for The Cruel Sea
Paperback. Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
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 most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Penguin World War II Collection
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141042831
SKU
V9780141042831
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About 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.
Reviews for The Cruel Sea
'Magnificent ... the classic record of this heroic struggle' Observer 'One of the best novels that has yet been written about sailors at war' Spectator