THE CRUEL SEA BY: NICHOLAS MONSARRAT

FEATURES: THE CRUEL SEA   BY:  NICHOLAS MONSARRAT

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A) CONDITION BOOK:  VERY GOOD - HARD COVER

B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: ABSENT

C) FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING - CASSELL AND COMPANY 1951

D) NOTE:  SLIGHT FADING TO SPINE. FLAT SIGNED BY MONSARRAT ON FIRST FREE ENDPAPER. RARE THUS. HIGHLY DESIRABLE FIRST EDITION, WITH AUTHORS SIGNATURE. ALSO OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE ON FIRST FREE ENDPAPER.  416 PAGES.

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Novel:

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, each describing a year during the war.

The novel, based on the author's experience of serving in corvettes and frigates in the North Atlantic in the Second World War, gives a matter-of-fact but moving portrayal of ordinary men learning to fight and survive in a violent, exhausting battle against the elements and a ruthless enemy.

The action commences in 1939. Lieutenant-Commander George Ericson, a Merchant Navy and Royal Naval Reserve officer, is recalled to the Royal Navy and given command of the fictitious Flower-class corvette HMS Compass Rose, newly built to escort convoys. His officers are mostly new to the Navy, especially the two new sub-lieutenants, Lockhart and Ferraby. Only Ericson and the petty officers are in any way experienced.

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