article_snippet.sent: But a new haul of previously unseen letters show that Poet Rupert Brooke was in fact a slightly caddish womaniser who had a string of affairs without ever settling down.
article_snippet.sent: The documents, brought to light for the first time thanks to a £430,000 grant, show Poet Rupert Brooke's lovers complaining about Poet Rupert Brooke refusal to take their relationships seriously.
article_snippet.sent: Dr McGuire said that Brooke was 'promiscuous even for a man of King's time' and carried on relationships with multiple girlfriends. '
article_snippet.sent: This is not the first time that Brooke's reputation has taken a battering - previously discovered letters have shown Rupert - though expressing unpalatable views on Jews and homosexuals.
article_snippet.sent: And this year a book about Rupert - though affair with Phyllis Gardner revealed that Rupert - though opposed the women's rights movements and privately said that 'all women are beasts'.
article_snippet.sent: his was a conflicted individual.
article_snippet.sent: his had a major breakdown in 1912 and had disastrous relationships with the women who loved his.'
article_snippet.sent: One of the letters now made available reveals how Brooke's mother Mary Ruth sought to avoid turning Brooke's mother Mary Ruth son into an icon, and also intervened to stop Marsh inserting details of his more sordid relationships.