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An edition of The cruel sea (1951)

The cruel sea

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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 World War II. It contains seven chapters, each describing a year during the war.

The novel, based on the author's experience of serving in corvettes in the North Atlantic in World War II, 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.

Few books have ever conveyed in such gripping detail the brutal destruction of the Battle of the Atlantic and the endurance of the men who fought it. The novel brought instant fame to its author.

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Publisher
Penguin
Language
English
Pages
444

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Subjects
Battle of the Atlantic, Campaigns, Fiction, Fiction in English, Naval operations, Sea stories, World War 1939-1945, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Romans, nouvelles, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, general, Fiction, war & military, World war, 1939-1945, fiction
Places
North Atlantic Ocean
Times
World War II, Battle of the Atlantic

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The cruel sea
2000, Burford Books
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The Cruel Sea
October 1983, Caedmon Audio Cassette
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The cruel sea.
1962, Cassell, Knopf
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The cruel sea
1956, Penguin
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Cover of: The cruel sea.
The cruel sea.
1951, Knopf
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Cover of: The cruel sea.
The cruel sea.
1951, Knopf
in English - [1st ed.]

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Originally published: London : Cassell, 1951.

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Harmondsworth, England
Copyright Date
1951

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.9/1
Library of Congress
PR6025O36 C75

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
444 p.
Number of pages
444
Dimensions
18.1 x 11.2 x 2 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16200868M
ISBN 10
0140011218
Library Thing
104457
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1117329

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