Thursday, January 17, 2013

JRR Tolkien - The Making of a Legend


J.R.R. Tolkien
The Making of a Legend
By Colin Duriez
Published by Lion Hudson-distributed in New Zealand by New Holland
Paperback - $24.99

A fascinating new biography of the creator of the Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth. Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the publication of the Hobbit and the Peter Jackson movie.


Long before the successful The Lord of the Rings films, J.R. R. Tolkien’s creations, imagination, and characters had captured the attention of millions of readers. But who was the man who dreamt up the intricate languages and perfectly crafted world of Middle-earth?

Tolkien had a difficult life, for many years: orphaned and poor, his guardian forbad him to communicate with the woman he had fallen in love with, and he went through the horrors of the First World War. An intensely private and brilliant scholar, he spent over fifty years working on the languages, history, peoples and geography of Middle-earth, with a consistent mythology and body of legends inspired by a formidable knowledge of early northern European history and culture. J.R.R. Tolkien became a legend by creating an imaginary world that has enthralled and delighted generations.

About the author
Colin Duriez has appeared as a commentator on extended DVDs of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, and BBC television’s The Worlds of Fantasy. He is also the author of The Inklings Handbook (with the late David Porter), J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Story of Their Friendship, and Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, and has contributed to definitive reference works, The Tolkien Encyclopedia and a number of other tomes relating to J.R.R. Tolkien.


1 comment:

Mister "N" said...

Good Book but the Story of Tolkien's Mountain NZ is not yet finished, the final battle for Middle Earth is fought in New Zealand.