J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

Humphrey Carpenter with Roger May (Narrator)

11 hours, 31 minutes first pub 1977 (editions) user-added

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The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books...

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