{"product_id":"9780008261351_the-uncertain-land-and-other-poems","title":"The Uncertain Land and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey\/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we have stood with Jack and Stephen on the deck of the Surprise and other ships, readers around the world have been transported to a place and time at once familiar and exotic, routine and dramatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt all times, Patrick O’Brian’s deep knowledge of the period and profound empathy with the landscape of the sea has ensured there is always a firm hand on the tiller. The writer’s command of language is combined with the poet’s eye for visual detail to remarkable, and unforgettable effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Uncertain Land and Other Poems, those same strengths are vividly displayed as O’Brian leads us on a journey through his own life. Here, we see a writer full of a young man’s spirit, challenging life, and here an author reflecting an old man’s melancholy at youth gone; in between, as he describes the places that he lived and people that he encountered, are poems of sly observation, wry humour and delicate beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough more than 100 poems, O’Brian reveals insights into the world that captivated him while he was at work on a succession of novels that would reach its apotheosis in the Aubrey\/Maturin adventures, which would secure his reputation as ‘the Homer of the Napoleonic Wars’. Intensely personal, allusive and unique, this is the work of a lifetime, published now for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick O'Brian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47275076354197,"sku":"9780008261351","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008261351.png?v=1776889918","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008261351_the-uncertain-land-and-other-poems","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}