Dimensions
149 x 228 x 46mm
The most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who's who and chronology.
This book is designed to be the central reference work for readers and students of Tolkien. It approaches his life from the bibliographical angle and give the most thorough analysis of Tolkien's work within the context of his life.
The book includes brief but comprehensive introductions and notes on a wide range of topics, and points the way, through discussion and bibliographies, to further reading. It includes a Chronology and a Tolkien Who's Who.
The books also contains a gazetteer of places and institutions important in Tolkien's life and writing, including the places around Birmingham where he grew up and the Oxford colleges and pubs he frequented in later life. (This would address a demand of Tolkien "pilgrims" to retread his footsteps.)
