"The power of Tolkien\'s central characters--tragic, cursed T rin; the lovers Beren and L thien--shines through."-- Library Journal Enter these pages and learn of the hero of The Lay of Leithian --and hear of the early years of T rin the Tall, as he journeys through darkness on his search to find his father.
He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one..
He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959.
After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world.
About the Author: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Lewis, The Lays of Beleriand is a bounty of lore forold and new friends of Middle-earth.
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Read of his rescue by Beleg the Brave, and of the dark destiny that haunts their friendship, in The Lay of the Children of Hurin . "The power of Tolkien\'s central characters--tragic, cursed T rin; the lovers Beren and L thien--shines through."-- Library Journal Enter these pages and learn of the hero of The Lay of Leithian --and hear of the early years of T rin the Tall, as he journeys through darkness on his search to find his father
