Heading Home Across the Cruel Sea ; with the Help of the Daily Post, the Archive of a World Famous Liverpool Novelist Is About to Return Home. Peter Elson Reports
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IT IS nearly 30 years since the death of Nicholas Monsarrat, that great Liverpool-born chronicler of the seafaring life and author of The Cruel Sea.
In spite of his passing in 1979, robbing his widow, Ann, of nearly half a lifetime of marriage, she is anything but bitter.See the full content of this document
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Heading Home Across the Cruel Sea ; with the Help of the Daily Post, the Archive of a World Famous Liverpool Novelist Is About to Return Home. Peter Elson Reports
"We had the most wonderful time, and I've never for a moment regretted marrying Nicholas," she tells me at her home in Malta.
"I've not remarried, simply because I've never met anybody to match him. There seemed no point."This is an extraordinary testament to the late novelist's presence, a...See the full content of this document
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