Tolkien. Biography

The British writer Michael White devoted his biographical study of the person"s personality whom the parents, and, later, the wife called him Ronald, school comrades - John Ronald, and at the university he received typical for those times a rough nickname Tollers, that is, the rhodes. Colleagues called him J. R. R. T. , and in official situations - Professor Tolkien . Finally, he became known to the whole world as J. R. R. Tolkien.
The book is simple and with a mild English sense of humor, it is clear and fascinating about the fate of Tolkien, his relatives and loved ones. Did you know that Tolkien was born in Africa, for example? And how did the word Hobbit appear? The image of the Great Writer is discharged by White with great love, sympathy for difficult living conditions in which Ros Tolkien. Particular attention is paid to the world of Mediterrane and, of course, the heroic, tragic and invariably exciting story The Lord of the Rings, which wears the proud title of Book of Century