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Tolkien Illustrated Guides
Las Batallas de Tolkien
The defining battles from the history of Middle-earth are presented in a single, entertaining volume.
The history of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth is filled with epic battles in an ongoing struggle between good and evil. The Battles of Tolkien recounts many of the greatest conflicts over thousands of years, from the earliest skirmishes of the Valarian Ages to the defining battles in the War of the Ring. Insightful commentary by Tolkien scholar David Day discusses how the people, tactics, and weapons influenced the outcome of each battle, and also how the legends of Middle-earth relate to the real-world mythology on which Tolkien based his famous literary creation. Maps and full-color illustrations help bring this rich universe to life, making it an invaluable reference book for Tolkien fans of all ages.
This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.
The history of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth is filled with epic battles in an ongoing struggle between good and evil. The Battles of Tolkien recounts many of the greatest conflicts over thousands of years, from the earliest skirmishes of the Valarian Ages to the defining battles in the War of the Ring. Insightful commentary by Tolkien scholar David Day discusses how the people, tactics, and weapons influenced the outcome of each battle, and also how the legends of Middle-earth relate to the real-world mythology on which Tolkien based his famous literary creation. Maps and full-color illustrations help bring this rich universe to life, making it an invaluable reference book for Tolkien fans of all ages.
This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.
256 pages
First published October 20, 2016
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About the author
David Day
276 books261 followersDavid Day (b. 14 October 1947 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian author of over forty books: poetry, natural history, ecology, mythology, fantasy, and children's literature. Internationally he is most notably known for his literary criticism on J. R. R. Tolkien and his works.
After finishing high school in Victoria, British Columbia, Day worked as a logger for five years on Vancouver Island before graduating from the University of Victoria. Subsequently he has travelled widely, most frequently to Greece and Britain.
Day has published six books of poems for adults and ten illustrated children's books of fiction and poetry. His non-fiction books on natural history include The Doomsday Book of Animals, The Whale War, Eco Wars: a Layman Guide to the Environmental Movement, Noah's Choice and most recently Nevermore: A Book of Hours - Meditations on Extinction (2012).
His Doomsday Book was a Time Magazine Book of the Year and became the basis for the 100 part animated-short TV series "Lost Animals of the 20th Century".
David Days best-selling books on the life and works of JRR Tolkien include: A Tolkien Bestiary, Tolkien: the Illustrated Encyclopedia, Tolkien's Ring, The World of Tolkien and The Hobbit Companion.
Day's Tolkien's Ring was illustrated by academy award-winning artist Alan Lee, as was Castles, The Animals Within, Gothic and Quest For King Arthur.
After finishing high school in Victoria, British Columbia, Day worked as a logger for five years on Vancouver Island before graduating from the University of Victoria. Subsequently he has travelled widely, most frequently to Greece and Britain.
Day has published six books of poems for adults and ten illustrated children's books of fiction and poetry. His non-fiction books on natural history include The Doomsday Book of Animals, The Whale War, Eco Wars: a Layman Guide to the Environmental Movement, Noah's Choice and most recently Nevermore: A Book of Hours - Meditations on Extinction (2012).
His Doomsday Book was a Time Magazine Book of the Year and became the basis for the 100 part animated-short TV series "Lost Animals of the 20th Century".
David Days best-selling books on the life and works of JRR Tolkien include: A Tolkien Bestiary, Tolkien: the Illustrated Encyclopedia, Tolkien's Ring, The World of Tolkien and The Hobbit Companion.
Day's Tolkien's Ring was illustrated by academy award-winning artist Alan Lee, as was Castles, The Animals Within, Gothic and Quest For King Arthur.
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January 11, 2017
Well...it's a very PRETTY book. Pretty cover, pages, nice to hold.
There just wasn't nearly as much effort put into writing the thing.
The structure of each chapter was sloppy at best, feeling less like the author was drawing conclusions and more like he was just listing trivia. The closest he gets to a theory is "this character is kind of like this mythological figure!" With no citations or sources, mind you. The information provided is generally on a pretty basic level, and with the exception of Gesar of Ling all already known to me--and I'm guessing to anyone with a passing awareness of mythology.
I might've given it a two nevertheless, but it's also full of distracting printing/formatting errors and typos. At one point an entire line is missing from the page--one sentence never ends, and then a new one begins.
Finally, despite being pretty, the maps and graphics are remarkably impractical and poorly designed. Someone (the author?) chose to use tiny, awkward, detailed line drawings of each figure as markers for people or forces, with the result that they are difficult to distinguish from each other. Symbols would have been a much better idea. The lines of motion are also confusingly drawn, and despite having read about these battles countless times, I was hard pressed to follow what the heck was going on.
It made me want to reread the original material, so I guess there's that?
There just wasn't nearly as much effort put into writing the thing.
The structure of each chapter was sloppy at best, feeling less like the author was drawing conclusions and more like he was just listing trivia. The closest he gets to a theory is "this character is kind of like this mythological figure!" With no citations or sources, mind you. The information provided is generally on a pretty basic level, and with the exception of Gesar of Ling all already known to me--and I'm guessing to anyone with a passing awareness of mythology.
I might've given it a two nevertheless, but it's also full of distracting printing/formatting errors and typos. At one point an entire line is missing from the page--one sentence never ends, and then a new one begins.
Finally, despite being pretty, the maps and graphics are remarkably impractical and poorly designed. Someone (the author?) chose to use tiny, awkward, detailed line drawings of each figure as markers for people or forces, with the result that they are difficult to distinguish from each other. Symbols would have been a much better idea. The lines of motion are also confusingly drawn, and despite having read about these battles countless times, I was hard pressed to follow what the heck was going on.
It made me want to reread the original material, so I guess there's that?
May 29, 2018
Well, I have to admit, i'm disappointed.
I really thought i was gonna love this, but unfotunately the best thing about it is just how bloody beautiful it is. The cover and the gorgeous artwork are the stars of this show.
As for the content, it started out alright. I felt as though I was learning something, and was eager to keep reading. The longer it went on, though, the more repetitive and dragged out it became. I expected to find out more about the battles themselves, but all that this offered was comparisons between Tolkiens battles and those of other mythologies. It just let us know how each battle had similarities to other ones. Personally, I wouldn't consider that to be an analysis.
As much as I'm glad to have it in my collection - purely because of the wonderful cover - I don't think this is one that i'll be referring back to in future as I had hoped to.
I really thought i was gonna love this, but unfotunately the best thing about it is just how bloody beautiful it is. The cover and the gorgeous artwork are the stars of this show.
As for the content, it started out alright. I felt as though I was learning something, and was eager to keep reading. The longer it went on, though, the more repetitive and dragged out it became. I expected to find out more about the battles themselves, but all that this offered was comparisons between Tolkiens battles and those of other mythologies. It just let us know how each battle had similarities to other ones. Personally, I wouldn't consider that to be an analysis.
As much as I'm glad to have it in my collection - purely because of the wonderful cover - I don't think this is one that i'll be referring back to in future as I had hoped to.
April 6, 2022
I think most things by Tolkien or related to Tolkien will get around 5 stars. It’s not an amazing book but the illustrations are really pretty and the aesthetic of it is really nice
February 10, 2025
A pretty interesting little book. A lot of people "complain" about Day taking loads of liberties with Tolkien's source material, which might be true. But, in the introduction he is very clear and honest about that a lot of the material in this book is his own interpretation. He also refers to the original text, as in: "If you want to read what Tolkien wrote on this himself, check such-and-such". So in that regard, I am not so annoyed as most Tolkien-purists. I think it's nice to see a different perspective on these stories. If he would not put in these disclaimers, I could see why one could get annoyed. But this is just fine.
Great choice of illustrations, which also shows a new perspective, most illustrations used in the book differ a lot from the original illustrations and the Peter Jackson imagery.
So, in all, fun book. I just wish it was more in depth, it's very short. Took me only a few hours to finish, but I think there could be so much more to explore.
Great choice of illustrations, which also shows a new perspective, most illustrations used in the book differ a lot from the original illustrations and the Peter Jackson imagery.
So, in all, fun book. I just wish it was more in depth, it's very short. Took me only a few hours to finish, but I think there could be so much more to explore.
January 9, 2020
I had no idea that the world Tolkien created was so detailed.
I read " The Hobbit" not long ago, and I absolutely loved the tale.
This book describes all the battles that Tolkien wrote about in his stories (fx Battle of Five armies etc.) and it also draws parallels to our own "real life battles"(Roman Empire etc.)
It compares mythology, legends and folklore to Tolkien worlds of Middle -earth in such a simple and brilliant way. And it also include comments from interviews, and letters from J.R.R Tolkien himself.
5 stars for the art work alone! I picked this book out in Rome because of that art work! So if you are an art fan, as well as a fan of Tolkien and his work, you might wanna get your hands on this.
Please note, this is NOT Tolkien. It is not another tale about elves, hobbits and magical rings, but a book that sheds light on the chronology of Tolkien and his work. The whole universe that Tolkien created.
Read: 19/07/2017
1st rating: 4 Stars
Genre/sub-genres: Fantasy
Cover: 5 Stars
Will I recommend?: Yes. The art work is so beautiful!
I read " The Hobbit" not long ago, and I absolutely loved the tale.
This book describes all the battles that Tolkien wrote about in his stories (fx Battle of Five armies etc.) and it also draws parallels to our own "real life battles"(Roman Empire etc.)
It compares mythology, legends and folklore to Tolkien worlds of Middle -earth in such a simple and brilliant way. And it also include comments from interviews, and letters from J.R.R Tolkien himself.
5 stars for the art work alone! I picked this book out in Rome because of that art work! So if you are an art fan, as well as a fan of Tolkien and his work, you might wanna get your hands on this.
Please note, this is NOT Tolkien. It is not another tale about elves, hobbits and magical rings, but a book that sheds light on the chronology of Tolkien and his work. The whole universe that Tolkien created.
Read: 19/07/2017
1st rating: 4 Stars
Genre/sub-genres: Fantasy
Cover: 5 Stars
Will I recommend?: Yes. The art work is so beautiful!
November 7, 2018
One star for a pretty book. No other stars for the fact that David Day publishes books that contain his headcanons without a word of caution as to whether or not his information is from the Professor or his own mind.
February 11, 2024
Bueno, Mi opinión personal sobre este libro, que se lee en un par de horas, ya que tiene poco texto y es de fácil lectura y compresión, aunque tenga muchos datos históricos y algunos nombres raros.
Tenemos que hacerle dos análisis:
Primero yo le pondría cinco estrellas⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ por las ilustraciones, los mapas y la encuadernación me parece un acierto y precioso a la vista ( la cuál es la causes por la que esta en mi repisa) y la segunda valoración es sobre el contenido, solo puedo darle tres estrellas ⭐⭐⭐ lo que cuenta, en que se vaya Tolkien, la teorias, las inspiración ( sea verdad o no) me gusta.
Pero es un poco lioso, está leyendo, de pronto la frase no termine pero te encuentras un fragmento que no tiene nada que ver y después encuentras la continuación dos paginas después. Otra cosa que no me gusta, es que te dice algo y te pone ve al: " Hobbit" , " El Señor de los anillos" "Silmaríl·lion" y claro, es digamos para que lo leas con los tres libros al lado para saber de qué habla.
Me compraré el resto, si, porque al fin al cabo son uno libros bonitos y que te ayuda a completar de un modo la biblioteca del mundo de Tolkien y más si eres fan de sus libros.
Tenemos que hacerle dos análisis:
Primero yo le pondría cinco estrellas⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ por las ilustraciones, los mapas y la encuadernación me parece un acierto y precioso a la vista ( la cuál es la causes por la que esta en mi repisa) y la segunda valoración es sobre el contenido, solo puedo darle tres estrellas ⭐⭐⭐ lo que cuenta, en que se vaya Tolkien, la teorias, las inspiración ( sea verdad o no) me gusta.
Pero es un poco lioso, está leyendo, de pronto la frase no termine pero te encuentras un fragmento que no tiene nada que ver y después encuentras la continuación dos paginas después. Otra cosa que no me gusta, es que te dice algo y te pone ve al: " Hobbit" , " El Señor de los anillos" "Silmaríl·lion" y claro, es digamos para que lo leas con los tres libros al lado para saber de qué habla.
Me compraré el resto, si, porque al fin al cabo son uno libros bonitos y que te ayuda a completar de un modo la biblioteca del mundo de Tolkien y más si eres fan de sus libros.
January 3, 2018
Let's start positive. The book looks great, and has fantastic artwork. It also brings across some great insights into the battles of Tolkien's work.
However, it is not very well-written, and lacked any depth. Constantly I was left wondering where the rest of the chapter was. A new topic was introduced, or everything before had felt like the introduction of the chapter to me, and it was then broken off to move to the next chapter.
The text is also constantly interrupted by the artwork, which is rarely relevant, and by very bad maps and charts. The maps and charts aimed to show how and when the battles were fought, but just reading the books makes it so much clearer. The maps where overly detailed and thus rendered useless unless you constantly want to compare drawings with the legend, and you need to guess at who is moving where due to unclear arrows. The charts are made very "fancy", thus not making very clear to me when something interesting happened.
I guess I just expected too much.
However, it is not very well-written, and lacked any depth. Constantly I was left wondering where the rest of the chapter was. A new topic was introduced, or everything before had felt like the introduction of the chapter to me, and it was then broken off to move to the next chapter.
The text is also constantly interrupted by the artwork, which is rarely relevant, and by very bad maps and charts. The maps and charts aimed to show how and when the battles were fought, but just reading the books makes it so much clearer. The maps where overly detailed and thus rendered useless unless you constantly want to compare drawings with the legend, and you need to guess at who is moving where due to unclear arrows. The charts are made very "fancy", thus not making very clear to me when something interesting happened.
I guess I just expected too much.
December 31, 2020
The artwork in this book is gorgeous. And I'm loving the pieces of etymological background these books on Tolkien have shared.
June 23, 2025
The Battles of Tolkien is a very surface level interpretation of Middle-Earth; it serves as much more of a description rather than a deep analysis with academic references. I believe most of the one star reviews were expecting as much. I believe this is geared to a more casual reader or serves as a light introduction to the history Tolkien weaved within his own world. Most of it we already know; such as Tolkien basing his lore around historical events, his religion and his own life experiences, such as WW1. While Tolkien used a lot of history as inspiration, he implemented his ideas with such craft and skill, I don't think it will ever be matched on this level.
Moving back on track to the book, I do not think this is a 1 star read; it has some beautiful illustrations and illustrated battle maps, you can see a lot of care and craft went into the making of this book. The interpretations bring more colour and vivid imagery to the world of Middle-Earth. It's a good starting point for a casual reader who maybe wants to explore many of Tolkien's works.
3.5 stars rounded up due to the artistry of the book, in which I very much enjoyed.
Moving back on track to the book, I do not think this is a 1 star read; it has some beautiful illustrations and illustrated battle maps, you can see a lot of care and craft went into the making of this book. The interpretations bring more colour and vivid imagery to the world of Middle-Earth. It's a good starting point for a casual reader who maybe wants to explore many of Tolkien's works.
3.5 stars rounded up due to the artistry of the book, in which I very much enjoyed.
December 10, 2025
*2.75 stars*
I liked this one a bit better than The Hobbits of Tolkien! The Battles of Tolkien analyses the great battles that took place in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, while explaining the inspiration and parallels with historical battles from our own history, as well as mythology and folklore of different nations.
Once again, the illustrations were gorgeous, but the story itself was just basic and quite boring… These are visually stunning books, but not great overall.
I liked this one a bit better than The Hobbits of Tolkien! The Battles of Tolkien analyses the great battles that took place in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, while explaining the inspiration and parallels with historical battles from our own history, as well as mythology and folklore of different nations.
Once again, the illustrations were gorgeous, but the story itself was just basic and quite boring… These are visually stunning books, but not great overall.
August 10, 2024
Ah, man. I hate to rate anything Tolkien less than 5 but I have to.
The visuals and packaging of this book are amazing, it’s gorgeous. However, the battles part of this book was really lacking; most of what you learn is stuff you could learn very quickly if you Google or watch the movies. They weren’t very in-depth as I was hoping.
However, I still have to give this a decent rating because it’s a good coffee table book and a nice easy read of some of the big battle of the world!
The visuals and packaging of this book are amazing, it’s gorgeous. However, the battles part of this book was really lacking; most of what you learn is stuff you could learn very quickly if you Google or watch the movies. They weren’t very in-depth as I was hoping.
However, I still have to give this a decent rating because it’s a good coffee table book and a nice easy read of some of the big battle of the world!
February 7, 2025
Excellent illustrations
December 9, 2020
I think this book is a little misleading in that it is more of an exploration of the historical and mythological influences in the legendarium. If you want more about the actual troop movements and battles themselves i think the atlas of middle earth is a better choice. It was informative and interesting though and while some of the influences are obvious/have been discussed in lots of other tolkien scholarship, i still found some new ideas in here. the art was not great overall and the battle maps were also bad but some of the art was good!
December 14, 2024
Well its a really pretty book,with well drawn pictures.
And thats most of it.
The book itself is the author trying to compare everything in Tolkien's world with other myths and legends and real life historic events.
Just read it for the pictures.
And thats most of it.
The book itself is the author trying to compare everything in Tolkien's world with other myths and legends and real life historic events.
Just read it for the pictures.
December 30, 2019
Similar to the other book I've read from David Day around Tolkien's Middle-earth, this one also was interesting in a sense that gives a brief but complete overview of - as the title suggests - "The Battles" that happened in Tolkien fantasy world (from the beginning, even before the creation of middle-earth itself) and also tries to dig deeper in the Tolkien possible sources of inspiration both in the real history and also in the different mythologies (even eastern stories). The book contains rather good colorful images to accompany the text - the style of sketches is not the best in my opinion - yet they work and help you to visualize some elements of the world.
David Day was not consistent about the method and also the content of what he intended to deliver by this book, he put emphasis on some aspects and leave some of them completely out of the picture without enabling you to see a pattern in these choices.
If you are interested in Tolkien's fantasy, you will most likely enjoy this short but rather pleasant book, if not try something else ...
David Day was not consistent about the method and also the content of what he intended to deliver by this book, he put emphasis on some aspects and leave some of them completely out of the picture without enabling you to see a pattern in these choices.
If you are interested in Tolkien's fantasy, you will most likely enjoy this short but rather pleasant book, if not try something else ...
August 30, 2019
Jak už jsem psala u Tolkienových hrdinech, po grafické stránce se jedná o jedny z nejlépe zpracovaných knih, které se mi doposud dostaly do rukou. Nádherné různorodé ilustrace, krásná vazba imitující kůži,... Je ovšem napováženou tvrdit, že: “jestli jste milovníci Tolkiena, tahle kniha je pro vás jako dělaná”, protože kniha textově obsahuje určité nesrovnalosti ve faktech. Já nejsem zas tak velký fanoušek a univerzum nemám tak podrobně prozkoumané, ale věřím, že někomu to může pěkně zvednout tlak. Knihu jsem si brala ke čtení se záměrem, že trochu víc prozkoumám, jak někdo vybudoval svůj svět (i když je tady Tolkienovo univerzum rozebráno z pohledu Davida Daye a s chybami). Trošku jsem se však obávala, jestli mi bitvy, jakožto holce, budou vůbec něco říkat, ale opět se ukázalo, že co se týká těhlech věcí, jsem asi víc jako kluk😹 Konečný verdikt zní: spokojená a doufám, že u nás vyjdou i další díly...
February 2, 2018
Beautiful illustrations! I like how the book starts with the beginning, long before Sauron and the elves and slowly makes its way through the Ages until the timeline of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Day delves into the many sources of inspiration from Beowulf to Shakespeare's plays. I never knew that there was so much literary parallels in Tolkien's work.
What an interesting read, it makes me want to reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings all over again, and then rewatch both trilogies!
Day delves into the many sources of inspiration from Beowulf to Shakespeare's plays. I never knew that there was so much literary parallels in Tolkien's work.
What an interesting read, it makes me want to reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings all over again, and then rewatch both trilogies!
January 17, 2022
While an interesting read for the context it gives to the real histories behind some of Tolkien’s inclusions in his works, this is largely just a filler read for anybody and is not a necessary inclusion for Tolkien related reading.
It educates in the connections between factual historical events and people to works by Tolkien, and even goes into the similarities and inspirations from mythology and other folklore that Tolkien drew on for his writing. Some of the art featured is interesting, but the battle maps are largely artist rather than informative.
It educates in the connections between factual historical events and people to works by Tolkien, and even goes into the similarities and inspirations from mythology and other folklore that Tolkien drew on for his writing. Some of the art featured is interesting, but the battle maps are largely artist rather than informative.
January 4, 2025
Secondo Day, la creazione della Terra di Mezzo da parte di Tolkien fu un tentativo consapevole di collegare tutte le storie, le leggende, le mitologie e le fiabe per creare una preistoria epica per la cultura inglese, una "leggenda eroica sull'orlo della fiaba e della storia". La Terra di Mezzo non doveva essere tanto come l'Europa primitiva quanto piuttosto essere effettivamente l'Europa primitiva prima della storia registrata, e le creazioni di Tolkien diventano in realtà gli antenati del loro materiale di origine. In questo modo, la geografia può diventare molto importante.
February 21, 2020
3/5
The illustrations are beautiful, and I appreciated Day's research on Tolkien's influences of different myths, legends, stories and history. It is easy to understand and I would recommend it to younger fans of Tolkien and to people who are interested in Middle-earth's history without having to digest the Silmarillion.
The illustrations are beautiful, and I appreciated Day's research on Tolkien's influences of different myths, legends, stories and history. It is easy to understand and I would recommend it to younger fans of Tolkien and to people who are interested in Middle-earth's history without having to digest the Silmarillion.
January 21, 2021
*24 hour readathon book 7*
The artwork is just stunning and this is definitely a great comprehensive, consolidated recollection of notable battles of Middle Earth. However, if you want interpretation beyond what Tolkien himself told us, or more information regarding the specifics of the battles as opposed to the inspiration and mythology behind them, then this book isn't the one (I'd recommend the Atlas of Middle Earth).
The artwork is just stunning and this is definitely a great comprehensive, consolidated recollection of notable battles of Middle Earth. However, if you want interpretation beyond what Tolkien himself told us, or more information regarding the specifics of the battles as opposed to the inspiration and mythology behind them, then this book isn't the one (I'd recommend the Atlas of Middle Earth).
January 1, 2021
A beautiful book with wonderful imagery, and well-synthesized reflections on battles both during the course of Hobbit/LOTR as well as those mentioned in The Silmarillion (which did not make my reading list this year). I’d frame some of the artwork and maps in these pages! Definitely a solid contribution to any Tolkien-lover’s library.
March 9, 2024
Fantastic read. Ignore the more critical reviews. These are meant to be casual, light, and fun to read. In that regard, they're fantastic. If you want something dryer and more exhaustive in scope, read The Silmarillion itself. These books are clearly meant as a sort of user-friendly primer on the deeper aspects of Tolkien's world building.
May 8, 2025
A very fast read, about three hours in total. The rating is absolutely defined by my infatuation with everything Tolkien. David day's books aren't the best if you're looking for accurate lore and facts, but the drawings were really nice, and you can easily see this one is written by a Tolkien fan. It probably deserves 2 stars, but i just love Middle-Earth too much
April 11, 2017
David Day's book about the battles of Tolkien essentially digs into the inspiration behind the battles, as opposed to describing what happens in them detail by detail. But the real draw of this book is the beautiful illustrations. I want a poster of that Gandalf v Balrog picture.
August 12, 2017
BEAUTIFUL illustrations accompanied by explanations of the mythological and literary muses behind some of Tolkien's characters, artifacts and battle strategies. It is a swift read that will entertain you if you are not a hardcore know-it-all Tolkien fan.
July 27, 2024
This is a fantastic series of books, beautifully presented but this is probably my least favourite. Being about war, and Tolkien's villains, it is a lot darker than the first 3 books and the maps, and many pictures, seem more rough sketches than well drawn out.
September 10, 2019
Nice to see maps and illustrations of great battles, heroes, balrogs, dragons and another creatures of Middle-earth that I imagined when I read Lord of the Rings and Silmarillion for the first time more than 15 years ago.
April 28, 2024
Por las diversas reseñas que he leído (sobretodo en inglés), a David Day se le critica mucho que haga de sus suposiciones algo cierto dentro del mundo de Tolkien. Sin embargo nada más lejos de lo que me he encontrado en este libro, donde solo expone sus ideas y las relaciona con la vida de Tolkien, la historia y la relación de estas con la Tierra media, con una humildad y un amor por el trabajo de Tolkien completamente palpables. Si bien echo de menos quizá algo más de trasfondo en las batallas (que sin duda se puede encontrar en la obra de Tolkien), el libro expande sobre lo ya sabido y además acompaña el texto con mapas y dibujos realmente bonitos e interesantes.
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