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.
Christopher Tolkien, born on 21 November 1924, is the third son of
J.R.R. Tolkien. During the Second World War he served in the Royal
Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot. At the end of the war
he returned to Oxford University and became a Fellow and Tutor in
English of New College in 1964, lecturing in the University on
early English and northern literature. Appointed by J.R.R. Tolkien
to be his literary executor, he has devoted himself since his
father's death in 1973 to the editing and publication of
unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion and Beowulf, and the
collections entitled Unfinished Tales and The History of
Middle-earth. Since 1975 he has lived in France with his wife
Baillie.
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.
‘How, given little over half a century of work, did one man become
the creative equivalent of a people?’
The Guardian ‘Demanding to be compared with English mythologies… at
times rises to the greatness of true myth’
Financial Times ‘A creation of singular beauty… magnificent in its
best moments’
Washington Post ‘A grim, tragic, brooding and beautiful book, shot
through with heroism and hope… its power is almost that of
mysticism’
Toronto Globe & Mail
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