HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbor Author:Nicholas Monsarrat Nicholas Monsarrat, author of the best-selling World War II novel, "The Cruel Sea," was himself a naval officer on active service in the North Atlantic during the war. — With complete authority he writes of the dangers of hunting submarines and protecting convoys during the darkest days of the war, and of the endurance and courage and pride of th... more »e men who served in the navy;s fighting ships. HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOR is the story of one such man -« less