The poet has a reputation as a 'young Apollo ' who died tragically young . New letters reveal he had a string of brief relationships with women . Lover Cathleen Nesbitt suggested that he could 'settle in the wild ' Brooke was mourned by the nation and celebrated by Churchill when he died today 100 years ago .
The poet has a reputation as a 'young Apollo ' who died tragically young . New letters reveal he had a string of brief relationships with women . Lover Cathleen Nesbitt suggested that he could 'settle in the wild ' Brooke was mourned by the nation and celebrated by Churchill when he died 100 years ago today .