Ebook: 3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien: an unauthorised biography of the world's most revered fantasy writer

As Peter Jackson's cinematic hobbits set forth, 3-Minute Tolkien celebrates the enduring influence of the world's most revered fantasy writer. It offers a readable, absorbing structure, dividing J.R.R. Tolkien's life and cultural contribution into 60 neat portions, every one digestible in a mere three minutes: 20 mini-sections each on Life, Work and Influence. From a childhood inventing new languages in the sylvan landscape of the Severn valley, through a First World War that saw him witness the horrors of the Somme, to academic success founded on a passion for Old English tales ...;Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; How the Book Works; Introduction; Chapter 1: Life; The Journey Begins; Childhood; School Years; First Verse; Adventures and Sagas; Oxford; Studying Myths; The Great War; A New Mythology; Oxford for Good; Teacher and Scholar; The Inklings; Oxford Life; The Stories; Writing The Hobbit; The Children's Author; Wartime in Oxford; The Trilogy; Success; The Final Journey; Timeline; Glossary; Chapter 2: Works; The Hobbit; An Unexpected Party; Slaying the Dragon; Bilbo and the World; The "Sequel"; The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers.