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The Real Middle-Earth - A History of the Dark Ages that Inspired Tolkien (Paperback) Loot Price: R219
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The Real Middle-Earth - A History of the Dark Ages that Inspired Tolkien (Paperback): Brian Bates

The Real Middle-Earth - A History of the Dark Ages that Inspired Tolkien (Paperback)

Brian Bates

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In The Real Middle-Earth, explore the magically enchanting early-English civilization on which Tolkien based his world of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien readily admitted that the concept of Middle-earth was not his own invention. An Old English term for the Dark Age world, it was always assumed that the importance of magic in this world existed only in Tolkien's works; now Professor Brian Bates reveals the vivid truth about this historical culture. Behind the stories we know of Dark Age kings and queens, warriors and battles, lies the hidden history of Middle-earth, a world of magic, mystery and destiny. Fiery dragons were seen to fly across the sky, monsters haunted the marshes, and elves fired poisoned arrows. Wizards cast healing spells, wise trees gave blessings, and omens foretold the deaths of kings. The very landscape itself was enchanted and the world imbued with a life force. Repressed by a millennium of Christianity, this belief system all but disappeared, leaving only faint traces in folk memory and fairy tales. In this remarkable book Professor Brian Bates has drawn on the latest archaeological findings to reconstruct the imaginative world of our past, revealing a culture with insights that may yet help us understand our own place in the world.

General

Imprint: Pan Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2022
Authors: Brian Bates
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-1-5290-5960-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Fiction > Promotions > MIddle Earth > Tolkien's Other Titles
LSN: 1-5290-5960-7
Barcode: 9781529059601

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