J.R.R. Tolkien Handbook A Concise Guide to His Life, Writings, and World of Middle-Earth

Unlock the secrets to a thoughtful man and his world of orcs, hobbits, dragons, ents, and elvin lords. J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and more, created an entire fantasy world complete with its own history, languages, geography, literature, and hundreds of fascinating characters. This helpful guide, arranged in dictionary format, gives you quick and easy access to the key characters, events, and places in Tolkien's writings. The J. R. R. Tolkien Handbook also contains details about Tolkien's friends and colleagues, the writers and thinkers who influenced his work, summaries of his beliefs and how they are revealed in his writing, and a handy list of Tolkien's works. Asterisks within articles allow you to follow the themes that interest you most and discover how Tolkien's life and writing interwove.Duriez, Colin is the author of 'J.R.R. Tolkien Handbook A Concise Guide to His Life, Writings, and World of Middle-Earth' with ISBN 9780801030147 and ISBN 0801030145.