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Nicholas monsarrat 19101979 was born in liverpool and was educated at trinity college, cambridge. Established as a sort after writer who was also highly regarded by critics, monsarrats career eventually concluded with his epic the master mariner, a novel on. It covers not just the details of the battle of the atlantic, but deals with the people who fought it their domestic triumphs, tragedies, worries and ambitions. Pdf the cruel sea by nicholas monsarrat download pdf. Isbn 1580800467 paperback, 520 pages the book is a fiction. Lieutenant commander nicholas john turney monsarrat frsl rnvr 22 march 1910 8 august 1979 was a british novelist known today for his sea stories, particularly the cruel sea 1951 and three corvettes 194245, but perhaps best known internationally for his novels, the tribe that lost its head and its sequel, richer than all his tribe.
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