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When it was first published, critics called The Lord of the Rings backward-looking and unimaginative.
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(Hint: I don't agree with the title!)
A recently discovered map of Middle-earth annotated by JRR Tolkien reveals The Lord of the Rings author’s observation that Hobbiton is on the same latitude as Oxford, and implies that the Italian city of Ravenna could be the inspiration behind the fictional city of Minas Tirith.
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