{"product_id":"the-nature-of-middle-earth","title":"The Nature of Middle-earth","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFirst ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien's magnificent world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFor him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as complex and profound as the metaphysics of Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Numenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis new collection, which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter, one of the world's leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien's shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFantasy, Biography - Literature and Literary studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ. R. R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e464 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 228mm W: 149mm Spine: 41mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 620 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465519894678,"sku":"9780008387921","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket_f84baafb-bfb5-4724-9a0b-0e08e6498fdd.jpg?v=1676271558","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/the-nature-of-middle-earth","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}