Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9780007373871
Publish date: April 28th 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
This isn't a complete biography of Tolkien but instead a detailed account of the careers of Tolkien and his three closest friends, collectively "the TCBSites" during WWI which goes on to discuss how the war affected Tolkien's creative output, making a convincing case that it is here, rather than in ...
I finished this Tuesday and since I have to take it back to the library on Friday, I will have a real review by then.To tide you over till that happy day - This is a well-written, fascinating look at a particular moment in Tolkien's life that deepened my understanding of Tolkien's work and made me a...