Historical person
Rupert Brooke
1887–1915
Rupert Brooke was an English poet whose early twentieth-century work combined Georgian literary culture, personal romanticism and an increasingly public reputation. Educated at Rugby and King’s College, Cambridge, he moved through literary and artistic circles, travelled widely and became known for poems including The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.
After the outbreak of the First World War Brooke served in the Royal Naval Division and wrote the sonnets that made him a prominent patriotic voice, especially The Soldier. He died of sepsis aboard a French hospital ship near Skyros in April 1915 while his unit was travelling towards the Dardanelles. David Boyle’s Rupert Brooke: England’s Last Patriot examines both the man and the idealised national image created immediately after his death.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Rupert Brooke (1 book)
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