J. R. R. Tolkien A Biography

Name: J. R. R. Tolkien A Biography
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ISBN: 9780618057023

ISBN-10: 0618057021

ISBN-13: 9780618057023

Edition: 1999

Authors: Humphrey Carpenter, J. R. R. Tolkien

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The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty. He served in the first World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost many of the closest friends he'd ever had. After the war he returned to the academic life, achieving high repute as a scholar and university teacher, eventually becoming Merton Professor of English at Oxford where he was a close friend of…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford in 1946 and has spent most of his life in that city. He read English Language and Literature at Keble College, Oxford, and met Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on a number of occasions. For some years he worked for the BBC as a radio producer and broadcaster and has won acclaim as a top biographer, including the recent and controversial biography of Robert Runcie.