JRR Tolkien

The second movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers, is now in theatres. However, don't forget that the books came first, and if you haven't read them yet, now is the time! Conversely, if you have read them, perhaps now is the time to treat yourself to a signed first edition?

Born in 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien grew up to be a major scholar of the English language. His specialties were Old and Middle English, and he worked as a professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford. His most famous works are undoubtedly The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, stories of his fantastical Middle-earth. Humans, elves, dwarves, trolls, orcs and hobbits inhabited this earth, and are brought to life again in The Two Towers, now showing in cinemas.