- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Mainstream Publishing; New edition edition (3 Feb 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840183012
- ISBN-13: 978-1840183016
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,406,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Rupert Brooke became for many the embodiment of a generation that was all but wiped out between 1914 and 1918. He became a legend largely due to one of his sonnets: "If I should die, think only this of me / That there's some corner of a foreign field that is forever England". The poem, and all that it represented, became the focal point of a nation's grief for its lost youth. Brooke died in 1915 on board ship in the Aegean Sea on his way to fight at Gallipoli. Winston Churchill wrote his obituary. In this book, Mike Read writes about Brooke's days from his life at Rugby, through his time at King's College, Cambridge, to The Orchard, The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, America, Canada, the South Seas and the Great War. His poems emerge dramatically from a tangled love life, a nervous breakdown, an eminent circle of friends, Fabian politics and a South Seas love affair that produced a previously unrecorded daughter.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent book
22 Mar 2000
Format:Hardcover
I've read almost every book written by or about Rupert Brooke and this is the best one. There are a lot of poems that aren't in the Collected Poems and can only be found in this book. It's gives the most complete look into his life as more things about him become available over the years.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Another time, another place...
10 Oct 1998
Format:Hardcover
A very interesting biography, well researched and providing an insight into a different time. What a fascinating time to have lived before such changes in the World. Mike Read allows us to feel this free spirited lifestyle of Brookes and Read's passion for the subject comes through in this which is more than just a biography but a record of events and changes in the lives of those associated with Brooke. Well researched and highly recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
For a minor poet, Rupert Brooke still fascinates.
13 Mar 1998
Format:Hardcover
Rupert Brooke has been dead for 83 years and in his lifetime, only published one (slim) book of poetry. But the man was fascinating, no question about it, and is still the subject of biographies. This latest, by Mike Read, was a delightful surprise, not only in that it exists at all, but also that it brings new facts to light. Read traveled to the places Brooke knew which gives an added perspective to the story. In some cases, we read Brooke's own descriptions and then learn how the places fared over the years. It's a nice touch. Clearly, Read is much impressed and enamoured by Brooke -- more so than some other biographers. Sometimes, this gets in the way. For example, in dealing with Brooke's sexual identity and experiences, the author makes assumptions that are based on hope but not fact. Also, he never mentions any of Brooke's prejudices which feature so largely in his prose (Letters From America, for example) and even some of the poetry. They are glaring omissions. The photographs are very nice, some I don't think I have ever seen except in the Modern Archives at King's College, Cambridge. The most eye-catching one, however, is of a woman Read describes as Brooke's daughter. Not only is this an amazing photo, but it's a pretty amazing fact as well--one based on the most tenuous of circumstantial evidence. To my knowledge, neither the existence of Brooke's "daughter" nor her photo has ever been presented as fact before. I, for one, would like to have seen more of the background evidence, as this is quite an extraordinary suggestion. I enjoyed Forever England and am grateful to Amazon for locating it when other booksellers could not.
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