Brian Bates

The Real Middle Earth (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Middle Ages, J.R.R. Tolkien, and "The Lord of the Rings"

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

J.R.R. Tolkien claimed that he based the land of Middle Earth on a real place. The Real Middle Earth brings alive, for the first time, the very real civilization in which those who lived had a vision of life animated by beings beyond the material world.

Magic was real to these people and they believed their universe was held together by an interlaced web of golden threads visible only to wizards. At its center was Middle Earth, a place peopled by humans, but imbued with spiritual power. It was a real realm that stretched from Old England to Scandinavia and across to western Europe, encompassing Celts, Anglo Saxons and Vikings. Looking first at the rich and varied tribes who made up the populace of this mystical land, Bates looks at how the people lived their daily lives in a world of magic and mystery.

Using archaeological, historical, and psychological research, Brian Bates breathes life into this civilization of two thousand years ago in a book that every Tolkien fan will want.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466891098
• Artikelnr.: 42188664

Autorenporträt

Brian Bates

Inhaltsangabe

Rediscovering the Real Middle-Earth
The Real Middle-Earth
The People of Middle-Earth
How They Lived
The Magic of the Forest
The Doom of Dragons
Towers of Doom
The Dragon's Lair
A Hoard of Treasure
The Enchanted Earth
Elves' Arrows
Plant Magic
Spirit Nights
Wells of Wisdom
Magical Beasts
The Raven's Omen
Shapeshifters
The Wizard's Wild Ride
Wizards of Wyrd
The Web of Destiny
The Seeress
Dwarves, Giants and Monsters
Ents
The Dwarves' Forge
Spellbinding
The Spider Monster
Voyage to the Otherworld
Journey to the Edge of Middle-Earth