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Nicholas Monsarrat

Born

in Liverpool, England, The United Kingdom

March 22, 1910

Died

August 08, 1979

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Biography

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Born on Rodney Street in Liverpool, Monsarrat was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He intended to practise law. The law failed to inspire him, however, and he turned instead to writing, moving to London and supporting himself as a freelance writer for newspapers while writing four novels and a play in the space of five years (1934–1939). He later commented in his autobiography that the 1931 Invergordon Naval Mutiny influenced his interest in politics and social and economic issues after college.

Though a pacifist, Monsarrat served in World War II, first as a member of an ambulance brigade and then as a member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). His lifelong love of sailing made him a capable naval officer, and ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 11,868 ratings · 794 reviews · 92 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cruel Sea 4.24 avg rating — 8,607 ratings — published 1951 — 174 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kappillan of Malta 4.14 avg rating — 873 ratings — published 1974 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Corvettes 4.13 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 1945 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master Mariner: Book 1: Running Proud 4.13 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 1978 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master Mariner (Both Volumes I & II) 4.38 avg rating — 189 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour 4.03 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1947 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	H.M. Frigate 3.70 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ship That Died of Shame, and Other Stories 3.77 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1959 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tribe That Lost Its Head 3.57 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1958 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master Mariner, Book 2: Darken Ship, The Unfinished Novel 3.87 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...blue eyes as level as a foot rule, with wrinkles at the corners—the product of humour and of twenty years' staring at a thousand horizons.”
― Nicholas Monsarrat, The Cruel Sea

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“Out on his flank, a soldier whipped up his crossbow, cocked it with a jerk on a leather thong, took aim and let fly. The iron-tipped arrow whistled through the air and found its mark, straight between the shoulder blades of the retreating spy. The man dropped like a stone. A short scream became a cough, and the cough a torrent of blood on the sand.”
― Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kappillan of Malta

tags: fragility-of-human-life

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“It was a marvellous morning, clear as a mirror, warm as the promise of love, bright as heaven.”
― Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kappillan of Malta

tags: originality, simile

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