Devon A Light: Poetry inspired by the natural beauty of Devon

by Michael Hartland, Jenny Hartland (Editor)

'Devon A Light' is a book of poems celebrating the beauty of its moors, its coast and the changing face of the seasons.

Poems include the popular "A Walk Across a Moor" and explorations of the elements and natural landscapes and wildlife of the South West.

40 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2025

About the author

Before taking up writing, Michael Hartland spent twenty years travelling widely in Europe and the Far East as a diplomat, then working in counter-terrorism and for the United Nations. He draws on this experience to describe the secret world of espionage with insight and great authenticity.

His first book DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN was a runaway bestseller and his ground-breaking series of espionage novels published in the 1980s and 90s established him as one of the leading thriller writers in Britain and the United Sates. They have been translated into twenty-seven European languages and Japanese, adapted for BBC Radio-4 and television - and remain among the most fast-moving and gripping ever published.

Michael Hartland and his family live in Devon, where he is working on a new project inspired by contemporary Islamic terrorism.