J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
‘This is an old-fashioned story, yet it still speaks freshly today…
would leap to life when read aloud to a child’
Independent ‘Lord of the Rings buffs will enjoy picking out bits of
Nordic mythology and will relish Tolkien’s fabulous sense of
landscape’
The Times
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