The Uncertain Land and Other PoemsAs 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. At all times, Patrick OBrians 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 writers command of language is combined with the poets eye for visual detail to