J. R. R. Tolkien - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford in 1946 and has spent most of his life in that city. He read English Language and Literature at Keble College, Oxford, and met Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on a number of occasions. For some years he worked for the BBC as a radio producer and broadcaster and has won acclaim as a top biographer, including the recent and controversial biography of Robert Runcie. Klappentext The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien's 125th Anniversary. Zusammenfassung The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien’s 125th Anniversary.

Product details

• Authors: Humphrey Carpenter
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.10.2016
• EAN: 9780008207779
• ISBN: 978-0-00-820777-9
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: writers, Literary companions, book reviews and guides