Three "Great Sea Stories" by Nicholas Monsarrat, C.S. Forester & Douglas Reeman Hardcover Book

Title: Three "Great Sea Stories" by Nicholas Monsarrat, C.S. Forester & Douglas Reeman Hardcover Book.
Author: 3 Stories by Nicholas Monsarrat, C.S. Forester & Douglas Reeman.
Type: Maritime Fiction.
Edition: Second Impression 1980 Compendium.
Publisher: Sundial Publications
Year First Published: The Cruel Sea - 1951, The Ship - 1943 and Dive In The Sun - 1961.
Format: Hardcover Book, with dust jacket, maps and illustrations.
Printed By: Printed in the USA.
Page Count: 736 pages.
Width: 15.5cm
Height: 22.0cm
Thickness: 4.5cm
Info: Complete and unabridged edition of 3 stories from some of the most talented authorrs that have written about Ships at Sea.
The Cruel Sea is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. It follows the lives of a group of Royal Navy sailors fighting the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. It contains seven chapters, each describing a year during the war.
The novel, based on the author's experience of serving in corvettes and frigates in the North Atlantic in the Second World War, gives a matter-of-fact but moving portrayal of ordinary men learning to fight and survive in a violent, exhausting battle against the elements and a ruthless enemy.
The Ship is a morale-booster novel written by British author C. S. Forester set in the Mediterranean during World War II, and first published in May 1943. It follows the life of a Royal Navy light cruiser for a single action, including a detailed analysis of many of the men on board and the contribution they made.
The Allies are poised for the invasion of Italy.
Yet the Germans hold a vital a floating dock - the only one in the Adriatic large enough to take a major warship. Moored at a small port near Rimini, it is exposed, vulnerable. It must be destroyed before the Germans can tow it to a safer harbour. Air, surface and conventional submarine attacks are out of the question. Only one team can do the job and still stand a chance of surviving - the crew of HM Midget Submarine XE 51...
Condition: Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. A good clean copy, no real tanning or foxing, pages internally are good.
Price: R 55.00 Inc Vat.