Ka taƙaita labarin:  Sanannen: Rupert Brooke ya rubuta shahararrun waƙoƙi irin su The Soldier. Labarin ya zana shi a matsayin jarumin Edwardian kuma alama ce ta soyayya ga tsararraki da suka ɓace. Amma wani sabon littafi game da Rupert Brooke's affair da suffragette Phyllis Gardner ya bayyana gaskiya mai ban mamaki game da mawaki a karni bayan mutuwarsa. Ya kasance shahararren shekarunsa, wanda Winston Churchill ya yaba a matsayin "mafi kyawun 'ya'yan Ingila", kuma WB Yeats ya bayyana shi a matsayin "mafi kyawun saurayi a Ingila". Amma marubucin shahararrun waƙoƙi irin su Soja yanzu an nuna cewa ya kasance mai adawa da 'yancin mata wanda ya bayyana a ɓoye, "Duk mata dabbobi ne". Littafin, The Second I Saw You: The True Love Story of Rupert Brooke da Phyllis Gardner, ya samo asali ne daga wasiƙun da aka manta da su tsakanin ma'aurata, da kuma abubuwan da Gardner ya wallafa. Brooke ya mutu ne daga cutar sankara a watan Afrilun 1915 a matsayin jami'in ajiyar Sojan Ruwa na Royal a kan hanyarsa ta shiga cikin saukowar Gallipoli bayan cizon sauro ya kamu da cutar. Yana da shekaru 27 ne kawai kuma Littafin yana fitowa ne daga Laburaren Burtaniya don bikin cika shekaru 100 da rasuwarsa. Gardner da Brooke sun hadu lokacin yana da shekara 25 ita kuma tana da shekara 22 kuma sun zauna gaban juna a jirgin kasa zuwa Cambridge. Gardner ya rubuta a cikin littafinta cewa babu wanda ya yi magana da ɗayan amma ta yi amfani da lokacin zana shi kuma ta kara da cewa: "Na zana shi a hankali har zuwa Cambridge kuma da zarar na zana shi da kyau na fi son shi". Ita ce 'yar fitaccen masanin ilimin kimiyyar kayan tarihi Ernest Arthur Gardner kuma mahaifiyarta ce, mawaƙa mai son son zama memba na ƙungiyoyin adabi, wanda ya ƙarfafa al'amarin. Matashi Gardner ba da daɗewa ba ya zama mai sha'awar, yana rubuta mawaki shine: "Alpha da Omega na rayuwata". Brooke sanannen mutum ne a shekarunsa, wanda Winston Churchill ya yaba a matsayin daya daga cikin 'ya'yan Ingila mafi daraja' Brooke ya zama kamar ba shi da kyau kuma bai tabbata da jin daɗinsa ba amma ya rubuta waƙar Beauty da Beauty a gare ta. Koyaya, bayan farawar farko, gami da nutsuwa da dare a Bryon's Pool a Grantchester, al'amarin ya zama sanyi. A karkashin wannan matsin ne Brooke ta zama gaskiya...
Marubucin ya wallafa shahararrun wakokin yaki da suka hada da The Soldier. Wani sabon littafi ya yi ikirarin cewa a asirce ya bayyana cewa "duk mata dabbobi ne" Ya kuma ce mawallafin ya yi adawa da 'yancin mata. Brooke ya mutu ne sakamakon cutar sankara a watan Afrilun 1915 yana da shekara 27 kawai.