{"product_id":"2940170358182","title":"The Uncertain Land and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey\/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures.\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":"HarperCollins UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117277233392,"sku":"2940170358182","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170358182_p0.jpg?v=1763708413","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170358182","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}