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Title: THE CRUEL SEA
By: Nicholas Monsarrat
Format: Paperback

List price: £10.99
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ISBN 10: 0141042834
ISBN 13: 9780141042831
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 6 August, 2009
Series: Penguin World War II Collection
Pages: 448
Description: Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep.
Synopsis: Based on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat and mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves.Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep . . .
Illustrations: None
Publication: UK
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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