The Cruel Sea (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE) - Hardcover

Monsarrat, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870210556 ISBN 13: 9780870210556

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1988

Synopsis

A maritime adventure originally published in 1951. Set in the Second World War, two ships and their crews of about a hundred and fifty men are involved in defending Atlantic convoys against impossible odds. In the CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE series.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A powerful novel of the North Atlantic in World War II, this is the story of the British ships Compass Rose and Saltash and of their desperate cat-and-mouse game with Nazi U-boats. First published to great acclaim in 1951, THE CRUEL SEA remains a classic novel of endurance and daring.

About the Author:

Nicholas Monsarrat was born in Liverpool in 1910, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. At the beginning of the war he joined the R.N.V.R. as a sub-lieutenant and attained the rank of lieutenant-Commander, spending his time on convoy work, latterly in command of a frigate. He was awarded the Heinemann Foundation Prize for Literature in 1951, and the Coronation Medal in 1953. Nicholas Monsarrat died in August 1979 and his ashes were later scattered over the sea.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0870210556
• ISBN 13: 9780870210556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400