His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Our Non-Fiction Range includes: Academic, Photography, Audio books, Business, Cook Books, Craft Books, Health and Fitness Books, Mind, Body, Spirit (Tarot). Housing the complete saga of The Lord of the Rings in one unique slipcased volume quarterbound in cloth and red leather, this sumptuous hardback edition of Tolkien’s iconic masterpiece features, for the very first time, thirty glorious colour illustrations, sketches and maps produced by the author himself. The uncomfortable sexuality is an attempt to repair the fact that Tolkien wrote a romance where the two lovers are thousands of miles apart for most of the story.

At any rate, I come from a background in which I have come to believe that "man is that he might have joy. This central schism makes his work much less true to the tradition than Anderson's The Broken Sword, which was published the same year. Die Taschenbücher sind qualitativ gut verarbeitet und das an die originale erinnernde Einband Design sieht sehr gut aus. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, these works of sweeping fantasy have touched the hearts of young and old alike. Before the movies had been released, LOTR/H used to be our own secret garden where we could have escaped any time we liked, but now oue own images have been replaced or landscaped by Peter Jackson.Tolkien would be one of those guys who, if I could invite any 3 people to have dinner with, would get a seat at the table.

And of course Aragorn's there, right on the front cover, because we KNOW how much MR TOLKIEN LUUURVES him some Aragorn! The book did have very minor little scratches but I don't really care abt that, I feel like it adds to them. Registered address: Unit 31, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. This deluxe edition of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is the perfect gift for any fan of Tolkien's world, and a great replacement for your battered paperbacks. To a Jesuit friend he wrote: 'The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously at first, but consciously in the revision.It's rather like an old friend, and I'm positive it is one I will revisit, again and again throughout my life. This new boxed set, published to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit, offers readers a new opportunity to discover Tolkien’s remarkable world of Middle-earth and to follow the complete story of Bilbo Baggins and the Hobbits’ part in the epic quest for the Ring – beginning with Bilbo’s fateful visit from Gandalf and culminating in the dramatic climax between Frodo and Gollum atop Mount Doom and Bilbo’s departure to the Grey Havens. When Tolkien began writing it in 1937, he merely wanted it to be a sequel to his clever children's story, The Hobbit. The characters in The Lord of the Rings were beautifully developed and incredibly relatable, each facing their own trials and tribulations.