The first ever collection of poems from the renowned author of the Aubrey/Maturin series set in the naval wars of the Napoleonic era.

Signed by Patrick O'Brian, readers are transported to a place and time both familiar and exotic, routine and dramatic. His deep understanding of the era and his touching relationship with the seascape always render his work vivid and lively.

In "The Uncertain Land and Other Poems", these same forces are vividly expressed as O'Brian guides us on a journey through his own life. Here we see a writer full of youthful spirit, questioning life, while also a writer reflecting on the melancholy of old age for lost youth, with poems that combine observation, caustic humor, and sensitive beauty.

Through more than 100 poems, O'Brian reveals his insights into the world that astonished him during the writing of a series of novels that would cement his reputation as "the Homer of the Napoleonic Wars". Entirely personal, suggestive, and unique, this is the work of a lifetime, published now for the first time.

Pages: 176, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm