Nicholas Monsarrat
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Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea and Three Corvettes, but perhaps known best internationally f
Commemorative plaque on Rodney Street, Liverpool
Nicholas Monsarrat signing a copy of The Story of Esther Costello as Dorothy Shoemaker watches.
The Cruel Sea (novel)
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The Cruel Sea is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. It follows the lives of a group of Royal Navy sailors fighting the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. It contains seven chapters,
Nicholas Monsarrat
…Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR ( 22 March 1910 – 8 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–1945), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than…
First UK edition