Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR (/ˈmɒnsəræt/ 22 March 1910 – 8 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–1945), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe.
Books in order of publication:
Think of Tomorrow (1934)
At First Sight (1935)
The Whipping Boy (1937)
This is the Schoolroom (1939)
The Visitor – play
HM Corvette (1942)
East Coast Corvette (1943)
Corvette Command (1944)
Three Corvettes (1945) (a consolidation of HM Corvette, East Coast Corvette and Corvette Command)
Leave Cancelled (1945)
HM Frigate (1946)
Depends on What You Mean by Love (1947)
HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour (1947)
My Brother Denys (1948)
The Cruel Sea (1951)
The Story of Esther Costello (1952)
The Boy’s Book of the Sea – as editor (1954)
Canada from Coast to Coast (1955)
Castle Garac (1955)
The Tribe That Lost Its Head (1956)[12]
The Boy’s Book of the Commonwealth – as editor (1957)
The Ship That Died of Shame, and Other Stories (1959) (comprising The Ship That Died of Shame; Oh To Be in England!; The Reconciliation; The List; The Thousand Islands Snatch; Up The Garden Path; The Man Who Wanted a Mark IX; I Was There; The Dinner Party; Licensed To Kill; Postscript)
The Nylon Pirates (1960)
The White Rajah (1961)
The Time Before This (1962)
To Stratford with Love (1963)
Smith and Jones (1963)
A Fair Day’s Work (1964)
Something to Hide (1965)
The Pillow Fight (1965)
Life Is a Four-Letter Word (volume 1): Breaking In (London, 1966) – autobiography
Richer Than All His Tribe (1968)
Life Is a Four-Letter Word (volume 2): Breaking Out (London, 1970) – autobiography
The Kappillan of Malta (1973)
Monsarrat at Sea (1975)
The Master Mariner, Book 1: Running Proud (1978)
The Master Mariner, Book 2: Darken Ship – unfinished novel (1981)
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