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.

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"A whale of a story....Solidly conceived and well executed".

-- San Francisco Chronicle

"A whale of a story...Solidly conceived and well executed."

About the Author:

Nicholas Monsarrat was born in Liverpool in 1910, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in World War II, first as a member of an ambulance brigade and then as a member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. His lifelong love of sailing made him a capable naval officer, and he served with distinction on a series of small warships. Resigning his wartime commission in 1946, Monsarrat entered the diplomatic service. He turned to writing full time in 1959, settling on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. He died of cancer in 1979 and was buried at sea from a destroyer, off Portsmouth.

About this edition

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