The Cruel Sea - Nicholas Monsarrat

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, Historical Fiction, Military
Language: English
Keywords: British War History

Written by Nicholas Monsarrat
Read by Simon Vance
Format: MP3
Unabridged

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 during World War II.

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 men who had to master their own fears before they could face a brutal menace - one that would strike without warning from the deep.

(The description for this on Audible says historical fiction, but the summary - as you can see - also says it’s based on the author’s personal experiences).