![]() There are monsters, Elves, Dwarves, Wizards and small hairy-footed Hobbits in it. Together they try to take power over Middle Earth.ġ954 by George Allen & Unwin, Great Britain.įantasy, because the story can’t be true. There is an alliance between these towers. The Two Towers: this title refers to the tower of Barad Dur (Saurons place) and the tower of Orthanc (where Saruman lives). He is the only one who has control over it. Lord of the Rings: Sauron is the Lord of the Rings, because he made the One Ring. Unfortunately, this book is so difficult and boring that hardly anybody reads it. His son Cristopher wrote the end of this book. He didn’t have the chance to finish his lifework, the Simarillion. He died in 1973 because he had a gastric ulcer. He was professor at Oxford, and he wrote many books. Two boys (John and Cristopher) and one girl (Priscilla). He was married with his young love Edith Bratt and had three children. He has fought in the First World War and there, in the trenches he began to write a book: the Book of lost tales. ![]() It wasn’t rather a surprise when Tolkien, with his love for languages went to Oxford to study English. His mother died when he was twelve years old. He also thinked up his own languages and he was very fond of myths and fairy-tales. His mother teaches him in Greek, Latin and French. In 1900, the family moved to Birmingham so the children could go to school. They moved to Sarehole, a small town near Birmingham. His father died when he was 3 years old, while Ronald was in England visiting his grandparents with his mother and brother. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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