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A journey in search of Middle-earth In 1911, at the age of nineteen, J. R. R. Tolkien embarked on an adventurous journey through the Swiss Alps; with a heavy

In 1911 a 19 year old J.R.R. Tolkien finished his schooling and had won a place at Oxford University for the coming academic year in October. He was invited to

In J.R.R. Tolkien's footsteps, the author embarks on a breathtaking journey through the Swiss Alps in search of sources of inspiration for Middle-earth, The Hob

An expertly written investigation of the places that shaped the work of one of the world's best loved authors, exploring the relationship between worlds real an

Tolkien's Lost Chaucer uncovers the story of an unpublished and previously unknown book by the author of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien worked between 1922 and