The Complete Guide to Middle Earth - Softcover

Foster, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345324366 ISBN 13: 9780345324368

Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc., 1985

Synopsis

Lists every character, event, and place in all of Tolkien's books set in Middle-Earth, incorporating detailed references to The Silmarillion which the author considered his most important work

About this title

Review:

‘Middle-earth is the country of J.R.R. Tolkien’s tales – the territory of Sauron, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and Sam Gamgee – whose legends, history, geography and inhabitants combine to make a unique fictional world. This Guide is a comprehensive reference work to every name and event in Tolkien’s books, from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion.’
Daily Telegraph

‘Mr Robert Foster’s Complete Guide to Middle-earth supplies, as I have found through frequent use, an admirable work of reference.’
CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN

About the Author:

Robert Foster has become well-known through his guide as one of the foremost authorities on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was an Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers College, New Jersey. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he received his MA and PhD in English and Medieval Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a consultant to the Tolkien Society of America and his Guide to Middle-earth, punlished in 1971, resulted from his work of tracing the etymology of names used in JRR Tolkien’s books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0345324366
• ISBN 13: 9780345324368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 575