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The period of Tolkien’s life in which he fought in The Great War has remained largely unexplored and unresearched by his many and various biographers – this volume concentrates specifically on this period of his life and relates it to his creation of some of the world’s best-loved literary works.             Written specifically for a general audience, and not just Tolkien fans, this book allows Tolkien’s life, work, inspiration and success to be viewed from a new and exciting viewpoint.             Having lost many of his friends from school and University in the First World War, this, coupled with his time spent as a signaller in the Royal Lancashire Fusiliers, had a profound impact on him. As did, it would seem, the writing of G. B. Smith, a close friend who was sadly lost in the War.             Invalided home from the Somme,Tolkien was able to reflect on his life, and John Garth agues that, far from being a flight of fancy, The Lord of The Rings is, in fact, a product of his wartime experiences and stands as a great war novel.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49542277300497,"sku":"GOR003184739","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49566419747089,"sku":"GOR002077978","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49897712419089,"sku":"GOR003341128","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0007119526.jpg?v=1751036372"},{"product_id":"tolkien-and-the-great-war-book-john-garth-9780618574810","title":"Tolkien and the Great War","description":"\u003cp\u003e* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture *\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcclaimed as \"the best book about J.R.R. 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It shows how, after two of these brilliant young men were killed, Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good and evil.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the First World War is the key to Middle-earth's enduring power. Tolkien used his mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect and transform the cataclysm of his generation. While his contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment, he kept enchantment alive, reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the first substantially new biography of Tolkien since 1977, meticulously researched and distilled from his personal wartime papers and a multitude of other sources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Very much the best book about J.R.R. Tolkien that has yet been written.\" -- A. N. 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