{"product_id":"9780141042831","title":"The Cruel Sea","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Monsarrat, Nicholas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 6 August 2009 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin World War II Collection' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 448 pages, None\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 20 | 310g\u003cp\u003eBased 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monsarrat, Nicholas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666620813496,"sku":"9780141042831","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780141042831.jpg?v=1734750976","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780141042831","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}