![]() ![]() He wrote four novels and a play in the space of five years (1934–1939). ![]() He moved to London and wrote as a freelancer for newspapers. He had intended to practise law, but decided to pursue working as an author instead. In his autobiography, he wrote that the 1931 Invergordon Naval Mutiny influenced his interest in politics and social and economic issues after college. Monsarrat was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Monsarrat was born on Rodney Street in Liverpool, Lancashire, to parents Keith Waldegrave Monsarrat FRCS (among the most eminent surgeons of his time) and Marguerite Turney. Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR (22 March 1910 – 8 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–45), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe. Commemorative plaque on Rodney Street, LiverpoolĮileen Rowland, Phillipa Crosby, and Ann Griffiths ![]()
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