J.R.R Tolkien (1892-1973) is best known as the author of the enduringly popular fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, now made into a series of well-regarded blockbuster films.He was also a world-renowned scholar of ancient language, who married the childhood sweetheart who inspired his stories, and was father to four children.He was also a devout Catholic whose faith was central to his writing. This ebook shows how an orphan from Birmingham came to write books that forever changed the way we read.
