{"product_id":"rupert-brooke-wilfred-owen-heartbreakingly-beautiful-poems-from-the-first-world-war-poets-9781399614061","title":"Rupert Brooke \u0026 Wilfred Owen: Heartbreakingly Beautiful Poems from the First World War Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf I should die, think only this of me: \u003cbr\u003eThat there's some corner of a foreign field\u003cbr\u003eThat is for ever England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003eThe Soldier\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eAnthem for Doomed Youth\u003c\/b\u003e Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are two of the best-loved poets from the heroic lost generation of the First World War. Brooke's work was well-known before the war, with the now iconic lines: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Stands the Church clock at ten to three?\u003cbr\u003eAnd is there honey still for tea?' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efrom \u003cb\u003eThe Old Vicarage, Grantchester\u003c\/b\u003e. And Wilfred Owen, awarded the Military Cross, had been writing poetry since he was ten years old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis superb collection is the perfect introduction to two of our greatest poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRupert Brooke (1887-1915) was educated at Rugby and King's College, Cambridge. His first book of verse, Poems, was published in 1911. When World War I broke out, he joined the Royal Naval Division and died on the way to Gallipoli in 1915. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilfred Owen (1893-1918) began writing poetry as a teenager and became an English teacher in France. During World War I he fought on the Somme, was awarded the Military Cross and was killed just before the war ended.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"George Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicholson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526129881362,"sku":"9781399614061","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c4d60db-ec0f-44e9-b5be-c714393bed31.jpg?v=1731261492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rupert-brooke-wilfred-owen-heartbreakingly-beautiful-poems-from-the-first-world-war-poets-9781399614061","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}