Made into a film in 1953, starring Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden and Denholm Elliott. It was one of the first novels to depict life aboard the vital, but unglamorous, 'small ships' of World War II, ships for which the sea was as much a threat as the Germans. Based on his own wartime service, it followed the young naval officer Keith Lockhart through a series of postings in corvettes and frigates. Monsarrat's (1910-79), first post war novel, widely regarded as his finest work. Some edge wear, chipping, creasing and long closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, large creased tear to back jacket and 3' loss along spine hinge, corners rubbed with small loss, some spotting to prelims, page block and endpapers, not price clipped (12/6), no inscriptions, otherwise internally clean tight and square, overall a reasonable and obviously well read copy for its age. First published in August 1951, this is an twelfth edition of 1953 (a tribute to the book's popularity). The reward for completing that duty? To do it again, and again, to keep family and friends alive.Hardcover.

The Cruel Sea is not a Boy's Own adventure - it is about the grinding terror of escort duty in the Battle of the Atlantic day after day, escorting unarmoured merchant ships across the Atlantic in danger from convoy raiders and U-boats and knowing that this is Britain's only lifeline. The HMS Compass Rose is torpedoed, but instead of ending the story it follows the few survivors onto the HMS Saltash, and their continued service until the end of the war, as this is the story of people, not a single ship. Unusually for a war story it doesn't end with the sinking of the ship. It is not an easy read: it is realistic about the casualty figures, the injuries, and the hard choices the escort captains had to make. You can easily improve your search by specifying the number of letters in the answer. Below are all possible answers to this clue ordered by its rank. We think the likely answer to this clue is MONSARRAT. with 9 letters was last seen on the January 01, 1954. Written by a Royal Navy officer who served in corvettes and on convoys, drawing on his experiences and written less than ten years after the end of the war, The Cruel Sea is considered the best novel about the Battle of the Atlantic, and one of the greatest war novels of all time. The crossword clue Author of 'The Cruel Sea.

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