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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 . . .Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141042831
eBay Product ID (ePID)89592072
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Cruel Sea
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicWorld War II
AuthorNicholas Monsarrat
Book SeriesPenguin World War Ii Collection
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight308 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorNicholas Monsarrat