Jonathan Douglas, Maryport poet
The poems of Jonathan Douglas play a small but important role in The Vanishing Age of Sail.
Publication Day
My second book, The Vanishing Age of Sail: The Illustrated Journals of Kelsick Wood, Shipbuilder, is published today by Amberley. It tells the story of Georgian Britain, the Industrial Revolution and a Cumbrian shipbuilder’s fight for survival.
The Vanishing Age of Sail
I've been captivated by the wonderful journals of Kelsick Wood since I first saw them, and they are at the heart of my latest book, The Vanishing Age of Sail
