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Book SynopsisA detailed account of the trajectory of Rupert Brooke's life and the workings of his psychology.
Trade Review"Delany gives us a less one-sided portrait of Brooke than we have yet seen. The central achievement of this book looms most largely in its cultural iconoclasm. Fatal Glamour, likely to become the definitive biography of Rupert Brooke, smashes the ancient myths and idols of a Georgian product of the old Renaissance grammar school." David Williams, University of Manitoba and the author of Media, Memory, and the First World War "Paul Delany has produced a fascinating study of Rupert Brooke." BC Booklook "Offering psychological insight into the development of the poet, Delany describes the claustrophobic, repressive world of Edwardian England and the impact that public schools (Rugby, Eton) had on sensitive natures such as Brooke's...One leaves this biograp
