The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J.R.R. Tolkien

D.J. Taylor

Formats & Editions

- Book Hero
- BookHub
- Paper Plus
- The Nile
- The Warehouse
- Unity Books
- Whitcoulls

Rather than a mammoth life and times, In Search of Tolkien gives what this literary giant's legacy needs: a shorter, more provocative and more suggestive account of his life and work which explores hidden corners and previously unseen trails - obliquely executed and determined to bring us back to the books that are deeply loved and respected across the globe. It heads towards the heart of a writer who has managed to acquire an extraordinary international reputation. Indeed, Tolkien's many admirers have never been allowed to find out very much about him - that is, until now.

'Rock and Roll is Life'

D.J. Taylor

The New Book of Snobs

D.J. Taylor

D.J. Taylor's Orwell: The Life won the 2003 Whitbread Prize for Biography. His other works of non-fiction include Thackeray (1999), Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940 (2007), The Prose Factory: Literary Life in England Since 1918 (2016) and Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature 1939-1951 (2019). He has written a dozen novels, including English Settlement (1996), which won a Grinzane Cavour Prize, Trespass (1998) and Derby Day (2011), both of which were longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His most recent books are the short story collection Stewkey Blues (2022) and Critic at Large: Essays and Reviews 2010-2022 (2023). His journalism appears in a variety of publication on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, the New Criterion, the Critic and Private Eye. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Norwich with his wife, the novelist Rachel Hore.

More about D.J. Taylor

Imprint

Related

The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J.R.R. Tolkien

D.J. Taylor

Formats & Editions

More books by D.J. Taylor

D.J. Taylor

Related books

Imprint

Related

The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J.R.R. Tolkien

D.J. Taylor

Formats & Editions

More books by D.J. Taylor

D.J. Taylor

Related books

Find a book you'll love, get our newsletter