The Real Middle Earth

"The Bible" for all Tolkien fans, for all admirers of fantasy literature.

What is the real Middle Earth, inhabited by hobbits, elves, dwarves, Trolls, wizards, Orcs and other mythical creatures, that Tolkien introduces us to in his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings? In civilian life, a professor emeritus, an expert in Old English and Scandinavian languages, who never made a secret of the fact that Middle Earth is not some imaginary world, but that its roots are to be found in the mythical imaginations of the Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Vikings and Germans.

So he had a lot to draw on in his work, and the context in which he placed these myths in his stories and how he worked with them is surprising and undoubtedly fascinating. Where did he get the names of his book heroes? Where did he get his inspiration? It is explained in this book, which will surely be a great experience for the Czech reader.