In the original dustsheet. Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Rupert Brooke met Noel Olivier in 1908. She was 15, a shy, intelligent schoolgirl, and he was 20. Their correspondence over the seven years before the poet’s death in 1915 is presented in this volume.

Review: Rupert Brooks is perhaps known more for his good looks than his writings. His life is cut short by both the ideals of “fighting for your country” and the tragic reality of war which is getting killed in it. He died young too which makes it more “romantic” a la Byron. His love letters were touching and poignant at times. But one wonders if he was in love with a woman or with the concept of love itself. I myself don’t have an answer.

Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially “The Soldier”. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats described him as “the handsomest young man in England”. He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.

Hon. Noël Olivier Richards (25 December 1892 – 11 April 1969) was an English medical doctor. She was born on Christmas Day 1892, hence her name, as the daughter of Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier and Margaret Cox. A cousin was the actor Sir Laurence Olivier. She attended the progressive Bedales School in Petersfield, Hampshire. Later she was a member of both the Bloomsbury Group and Rupert Brooke’s group of Cambridge Neopagans. For a while, she and Brooke were in a relationship.