J.R.R. Tolkien once shared his thoughts on the title for The Return of the King, but his point has resolved itself over the 70 years since.

Haunted by the approach of another world war ... would soon leave to serve in the war. Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 6, fol. 1 / The Tolkien Trust 1992 In other words, in ...

JRR Tolkien spent 18 years in East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War One. The collection of letters and manuscripts goes on sale after being found in a plastic bag in an attic.

While Tolkien originally talked of The Hobbit as a fairy story, it is not specifically for children, but has tonal elements ...

JRR Tolkien spent almost 18 months in Hull and East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War One. The landscape of the area is said to have been the influence of some of his stories ...