{"product_id":"9780008273477","title":"The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 1: Chronology","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer and who’s who.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of two volumes comprising this definitive work, the Chronology traces J.R.R. Tolkien's progress from his birth in South Africa in 1892, to the battlefields of France and the lecture-halls of Leeds and Oxford, to his success as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, until his death in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most extensive biographical resource about Tolkien ever published. Thousands of details have been drawn from letters, contemporary documents in libraries and archives, and a wide variety of other published and unpublished sources. Assembled together, they form a revealing portrait of Tolkien in all his aspects: the distinguished scholar of Old and Middle English, the capable teacher and administrator, the devoted husband and father, the brilliant creator of Middle-earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull and J. R. R. Tolkien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285351940245,"sku":"9780008273477","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008273477.jpg?v=1776992119","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008273477","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}