A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day
Dive into the fantastical world and vocabulary of J. R. R. Tolkien with this beautiful flexibound edition. J.R.R. Tolkien created characters and a world so rich with details--and so unique--that they warranted a whole new vocabulary to go with them. On these pages, you'll find a chronology of Tolkien's life, along with a short biography and an explanation of his writings. Then you can flip through the dictionary to discover terms like Aglarond (the great caverns beneath Helm's Deep) or the Black Riders and the mystery surrounding them, among many others. This volume, as featured on The Late Show with Steven Colbert, serves as a terrific resource for all those who love Middle Earth and its inhabitants. A Dictionary of Tolkien is a beautiful addition to any home library and makes a great conversation piece. This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.
David Day has been a research fellow at Clare College in Cambridge, a visiting professor at University College Dublin, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Tokyo, and an ARC senior research fellow at La Trobe University. He is currently an honorary associate at La Trobe University in Melbourne and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. His many books include best-selling histories of the Second World War, biographies of Australian prime ministers, and a study of Winston Churchill and Robert Menzies that has been made into a television documentary.His books have won or been short-listed for several literary prizes, with Claiming a Continent winning the non-fiction prize at the Adelaide Festival. Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others has appeared to acclaim in Australia, Britain, and the United States, and has been translated into several languages. His most recent book is the widely acclaimed Antarctica: A Biography (OUP, 2013).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780345282835 |
| ISBN 10 | 0345282833 |
| Title | A Tolkien Bestiary |
| Author | David Day |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1979-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 287 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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