ISBN: 9780261103306
Imprint: HCollinsUK
On Sale: Oct 29, 2009
List price: $55.99
No of pages: 304
Trim Size: 7.800 in (w) x 10.000 in (h) x 1.130 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Classics

J. R. R. Tolkien

Biography

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father’s death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.

ISBN: 9780261103306
Imprint: HCollinsUK
On Sale: Oct 29, 2009
List price: $55.99
No of pages: 304
Trim Size: 7.800 in (w) x 10.000 in (h) x 1.130 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Classics

J. R. R. Tolkien

Biography

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father’s death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.