In 1915, World War I poet Rupert Brooke died in the Aegean Sea on his way to fight in the Gallipoli campaign. John Lehmann reconstructs Brooke's last days using the log of the French hospital ship Duguay-Trouin, on which Brooke died and was buried at sea. This powerful book is a tribute to one of England's greatest war poets. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.