While the northern one struggled ... Letter 226, J.R.R. Tolkien mentions that, although he doesn't believe his experience fighting in World War I influenced the actual plot of The Lord of the ...

Haunted by the approach of another world war ... would soon leave to serve in the war. Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 6, fol. 1 / The Tolkien Trust 1992 In other words, in ...

JRR Tolkien spent 18 years in East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War One. The collection of letters and manuscripts goes on sale after being found in a plastic bag in an attic.

LAETITIA D'ABOVILLE In 1953, the writer JRR Tolkien (1892-1973 ... on the genesis of the world imagined by the author, a supreme being described as "the One" and "the Father of All" is at the ...

JRR Tolkien spent almost 18 months in Hull and East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War One. The landscape of the area is said to have been the influence of some of his stories ...

From the Shire to Mount Doom, Frodo’s path was mapped with the Church calendar in mind — a quiet testament to Tolkien’s Catholic imagination. Illustration of Mary and Gabriel from Agostino ...

They married on 22 March 1916, just before Tolkien departed to serve in France during World War I, and remained a close and devoted couple until Edith's death in 1971. Tolkien had the name ...

This is a story of a seemingly quiet and unobtrusive man author of a colossal and partly unfinished literary work We will try to trace back to the origins of his inspiration so as to understand ...

As of March 25, I've celebrated J.R.R. Tolkien Reading Day for nearly two decades. I've always been a Tolkien nerd, and I use the pseudo-holiday to reflect on my fanaticism for the Tolkien world.

JRR Tolkien, author of The Hobbit ... It features 11 women in various roles, though one is a giant spider. And in his private life Tolkien had very outmoded ideas about women, stating they were ...