The Ring Legends of Tolkien
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The Ring Legends of Tolkien
The Ring Legends of Tolkien
A stunning gift edition of the indispensable and comprehensive handbook to the rich history of the symbol of the ring, its origin in ancient storytelling tradition, and its influence on Tolkien's work from acclaimed Tolkien scholar David Day.
Series: Tolkien
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781788406383
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cassell
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 183.0mm
Height: 236.0mm
Weight: 860g
Pages: 256
About the Author
David Day was born and brought up in Canada. He has published many books in the fields of poetry, ecology, natural history, fantasy and mythology and a number of award-winning children's books. His writing has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies.
His enduring fascination with complex mythologies led him to J.R.R. Tolkien and Day is best known for his best-selling books on the life and works of that author. It all began with the publication of A Tolkien Bestiary (1979), a lavishly illustrated book that for the first time gave readers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings some indication of the immense scope of Tolkien's mythologyand cosmology.Day's subsequent books include Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (1992), The World of Tolkien: The Mythological Sources of Lord of the Rings (2002).An Atlas of Tolkien and its companion volume, A Dictionary of Tolkien, were the first two books of a seven-volume reference library and more recently, The Illustrated World of Tolkien (2019) and The Illustrated World of Tolkien:The Second Age (2023), celebrate more than 40 years of Day's works and delve into the lesser-known parts of Tolkien's legendarium.Also by David Day
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