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Nicholas Monsarrat

UK · Battle of the Atlantic — fiction

About

Served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on corvettes and frigates escorting Atlantic convoys. The Cruel Sea is the novel that came out of it.

Books in Database (1)

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The Cruel Sea 1951 · 416 pages

The war of the Atlantic escorts told through one corvette and her crew, by an officer who lived it.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1939 Battle of the Atlantic