
The Cruel Sea
Paperback448 pagina’sEngelsInternationale bron
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 . . .
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 . . .
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Bibliografisch
ISBN-139780141042831
TaalEngels eng
Pagina’s448
Uitgave
UitgeverPenguin
Verschenen1 januari 2009
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ProductvormPaperback BC
Classificatie
TrefwoordenFiction · Classics · Historical · 20th Century · World War II · War & Military
Medewerkers
Auteur A01Nicholas Monsarrat
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Bijgewerkt8 augustus 2026
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Bijgewerkt 8 augustus 2026