The cruel sea novel wikimili, the free encyclopedia wik. Hms compass rose hits heavy weather or certain lines such as snorkers. Stanley baker plays the character of bennett and says this line referring to the awful tinned sausages zb. From which film, said by which character, played by which. He was to go on writing books until his death in 1979, sometimes at the rate of one book a year.
The film was a smash hit when released and both it and the book continue to enjoy undiminished popularity. The cruel sea by nicholas monsarrat penguin books australia. The cruel sea novel project gutenberg selfpublishing. Some edge wear, chipping, creasing and long closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, large creased tear to back jacket and 3 loss along spine hinge, corners rubbed with small loss, some spotting to prelims, page block and endpapers, not price clipped 126, no inscriptions. The film was a smash hit when released and both it and the book continue to enjoy undiminshed popularity. It contains seven chapters, each describing a year during the war. Nicholas monsarrat, the british amateur sailor turned author who wrote the best. Snorkers is a british english colloquialism for sausages. The term is probably derived from an earlier dialect term for a young pig. Oh and the corvette in the film was one we had sold to the irish navy.
My father served on canadian convoy escort vessels from late 1939 until 1946. The cruel sea is a 1951 novel by nicholas monsarrat. Seriously though, the film is good and portrays a lot of the book quite. I remember feeling slightly let down by cruel sea after a steady diet of american ra ra john wayne wartime movies. The cruel sea novel, a 1951 war novel by nicholas monsarrat the cruel sea 1953 film, a 1953 war film made of the above book, starring jack hawkins the cruel sea 1972 film, a 1972 kuwaiti film and the f. One of the best classic war films, made in britain and a fine memorial for the men and ships of the convoy escort groups in the north atlantic.
Who played ferraby that was the only film i ever saw him in. It follows the lives of a group of royal navy sailors fighting the battle of the atlantic during world war ii. The book was a smash when released in 1951, going through numerous printings. The cruel sea novel, a 1951 war novel by nicholas monsarrat the cruel sea 1953 film, a 1953 war film made of the above book, starring jack hawkins the cruel sea 1972 film, a 1972 kuwaiti film and the first kuwaiti film to be produced the cruel sea band, an australian indie rock band formed in the 1980s the cruel sea song, a 1960s british hit. The cruel sea novel wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The other half of the book paints a grim picture of life at sea during the sub freezing winter gales including the monster seas tossing the small escort ships around like toys. Something to hide, nicholas monsarrat, this above all and more. Dec 30, 2011 the highly acclaimed cruel sea is one of the alltime great naval and war thrillers.
A powerful novel of the north atlantic in world war ii, this is the. The cruel sea 1953 is based on one of the great bestsellers of its day, the 1951 novel of the same title by nicholas monsarrat 19101979. Jack hawkins, donald sinden, john stratton, denholm elliott. I once spent two weeks on a german ship westerwald which was notable for the dullness of the exercise, but excellence of the quality cast of characters onboard. The cruel sea is a 1953 british war film starring jack hawkins, donald sinden. A powerful novel of the north atlantic in world war ii, this is the story of the british ships compass rose and saltash and of their desparate catandmouse game with nazi uboats. Firstly it is based on a superb book, secondly it is well cast with jack hawkins at the. Based on the authors own vivid experiences, the cruel sea is the nailbiting story of the crew of hms compass rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys during world war ii. The cruel sea novel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Add to that the horror that comes to the unlucky crews that are dumped into the intense cold of the water when their ship is torpedoed. Listen free to cruel sea by nicholas monsarrat with a free trial. Snorkers are mentioned in nicholas monsarrats novel the cruel sea as the favourite food of lieutenant james bennett, rnvr. The only heroines are the ships and the only villain the cruel sea itself.
The novel, based on the authors experiences serving in the light cruiser uss richmond during the same campaign. The cruel sea was semiautobiographical as many of the events are tken from three corvettes and three frigates that monsarrat wrote during ww2. This is the first paperback edition available in ages. Goodoh in the film of monsarrats cruel sea is inimitable. The novel, based on the authors experience of serving in corvettes. Hms coreopsis rhn kriezis and during filming of the cruel sea. He claims that the cruel sea came closer to capturing the moods of the times.
The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of uboat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Ironic that, considering how the irish hampered the battle of the atlantic as mentioned in the book, and by refusing lifesaving when the mashona was sunk. It follows the lives of a group of royal navy sailors fighting the battle of the atlantic during the second world war. The highly acclaimed cruel sea is one of the all time great naval and war thrillers. The novel, based on the authors experience of serving in corvettes in the north atlantic in world war ii, gives a matteroffact but moving portrayal of ordinary men. Wrights 19thcentury english dialect dictionary notes snorker as a widespread word for a piglet, related to the word snork, to. The cruel sea novel the cruel sea is a 1951 novel by nicholas monsarrat. The cruel sea 1953 film wikipedia republished wiki 2. Wasnt denholm elliot in it i can see the faces of a lot of the others, but cant put names to them the coxn, and the engineer bloke. A powerful novel of the north atlantic in world war ii, this is the story of the british ships compass rose and saltash and of their desperate catandmouse game. More information about this seller contact this seller 28. From its appearance onward, whenever monsarrats name appeared in print, it was inevitably followed by author of the cruel sea. Naturally i had to race off to imdb and check out amblers other writing credits. Of course later on in life i learned that hollywood.
A powerful novel of the north atlantic in world war ii, this is the story of the british ships compass rose and saltash and of their desperate catandmouse game with nazi uboats. Book overview a powerful novel of the north atlantic in world war ii, this is the story of the british ships compass rose and saltash and of their desperate catandmouse game with nazi uboats. There are elements of him in both erickson and lockhart. From which film said by which character played by which actor comes the line snorkers good oh trivia question questions answer answers. May 24, 2003 both book and film are compelling and thanks, bob, i hadnt picked up the eric ambler connection with the cruel sea. The five greatest shipwreck movies ever made fact and. The cruel sea novel, a 1951 war novel by nicholas monsarrat the cruel sea 1953 film, a 1953 war film made of the above book, starring jack hawkins the cruel sea 1972 film, a 1972 kuwaiti film and the f more. It covers not just the details of the battle, but deals with the people who fought it their domestic triumphs, tragedies, worries and ambitions. Firstly it is based on a superb book, secondly it is well cast with jack hawkins at the height of his powers playing captain ericsson and thirdly it is well abridged. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort hms compass rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. Hms coreopsis rhn kriezis and during filming of the. The five greatest shipwreck movies ever made fact and fiction.
Saltash was a river class frigate, not a castle class, although in the book erickson describes her as haing three big guns and turbines. Handed to me by my pacifist mother who, to be fair to her, owned and loved the book herself aged 14 when i first expressed a desire to be a naval officer in the hope that it would put me off. Wrights 19thcentury english dialect dictionary notes snorker as a widespread word for a piglet, related to the word snork, to grunt or snore snorkers is the nickname for palethorpes precooked tinned sausages. First published in august 1951, this is an twelfth edition of 1953 a tribute to the book s popularity. Bernard edwards tells this factual historic story of the convoy that montsarrat used for his novel in three parts, each describing one convoy.
The cruel sea page 5 navy net royal navy community. The cruel sea nicholas monsarrat works archive of our own. Nicholas monsarrat the highly acclaimed cruel sea is one of the alltime great naval and war thrillers. Aug 11, 2011 the cruel sea is a 1951 novel by nicholas monsarrat. Vintage paperback perfect bound, color illustrated, stiff paper wraps with white and yellow colored text on upper and black text on creased spine. Darting back and forth across the icy north atlantic, compass rose played a deadly catandmouse game with packs of german uboats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves.
Bennett is described as australian, and the snorkers references attributed to him alone, which suggests a possible antipodean derivation of the word. Aug 09, 1979 nicholas monsarrat, the british amateur sailor turned author who wrote the best. Can someone please tell me what snorkers are when applied to sausages, as i have. It follows the lives of a group of royal navy sailors fighting the battle of the atlantic during the second. Except that for rayner the sea was neither cruel nor kind, there are parallels between the war he describes in escort and that of the fictional commander ericson in nicholas monsarrats enormously successful postwar novel the cruel sea published at almost the same time as rayners book. Penguin books the cruel sea nicholas monsarrat was born in. The cruel sea e um romance lancado em 1951 por nicholas monsarrat. The cruel sea by nicholas monsarrat, first edition abebooks. One of the classic naval adventure stories of world war ii, monsarrats novel tells the tale of two british ships trying to escape destruction by wolf pack uboats hunting in the north atlantic. Capt jeffries put the euryalus to action stations cos he was given snorkers for brekkie.
The novel the cruel sea by nicholas monserrat was an unflinching portrayal of life at sea during wwii on a boat tasked with protecting. First published to great acclaim in 1951, the cruel sea remains a classic novel of endurance and daring. Snorkers are mentioned in nicholas monsarrat s novel the cruel sea as the favourite food of lieutenant james bennett, rnvr. Based on the authors own vivid experiences, the cruel sea is the nailbiting story of the crew of hms compass rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in. 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. Can someone please tell me what snorkers are when applied to sausage.
993 1589 1243 1405 863 30 1194 1710 568 872 861 1628 1162 446 47 602 1003 1577 1218 1123 913 347 877 1205 731 125 1166 366 904 1728 554 162 83 127 715 140