A Dictionary Of Sources Of Tolkien (the History And Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World)

By (author) David Day
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The history and mythology that inspired Tolkien''s world.
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The history and mythology that inspired Tolkien''s world.
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The spellbinding world of Middle-earth is full of beasts and battles, heroes and heroines, and the struggle between good and evil.

In this dictionary of sources, Tolkien scholar and best-selling author David Day''s four decades of research inform us about the lands, inhabitants, languages, geography and history of Middle-earth.

This compelling encyclopedia on Tolkien''s world also includes over 200 illustrations and an appendix.


This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.

Biographical note
David Day was born and brought up in Canada. He has published more than twenty books in the fields of poetry, ecology, natural history, fantasy and mythology and a number of award-winning children''s books. His writing has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies. His enduring fascination with complex mythologies led him to J.R.R. Tolkien.