The Real Middle Earth : Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Middle Ages, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Lord of the Rings (Paperback)

from PaulMysterioso

Like many people, my knowledge of "Dark Ages" was much like anyone else's: squalor, filth, despair, ruination and so on. Just what the history books tell us. I had no idea there was a culture in the Dark Ages, much less a thriving, vibrant culture the remnants of which have seeped into our own cu...

from PaulMysterioso

Like many people, my knowledge of "Dark Ages" was much like anyone else's: squalor, filth, despair, ruination and so on. Just what the history books tell us. I had no idea there was a culture in the Dark Ages, much less a thriving, vibrant culture the remnants of which have seeped into our own cu...

from Michael.Rimmer

Despite the book's flaws as historical and folkloric analysis and, tragically, as a review of Tolkien's sources for his legendarium, I really enjoyed this book, hence it gets four stars. I've shelved it as non-fiction, which I think is the author's intention, but it could perhaps be considered mo...

from PaulMysterioso

Like many people, my knowledge of "Dark Ages" was much like anyone else's: squalor, filth, despair, ruination and so on. Just what the history books tell us. I had no idea there was a culture in the Dark Ages, much less a thriving, vibrant culture the remnants of which have seeped into our own cu...

from PaulMysterioso

Like many people, my knowledge of "Dark Ages" was much like anyone else's: squalor, filth, despair, ruination and so on. Just what the history books tell us. I had no idea there was a culture in the Dark Ages, much less a thriving, vibrant culture the remnants of which have seeped into our own cu...