A new novel by "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien was published on Thursday a century after it was first written, prompted in part by the horrors he witnessed in World War One. "Beren and ...

In a 1968 interview, the BBC spoke to author JRR Tolkien about how his experiences during World War One had a profound effect and influenced his fantasy epic, Lord of the Rings.

Scholars still debate how much World War One influenced Tolkien's writing The revolver used by JRR Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings, at the Battle of the Somme has gone ...

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a fascinating experiment in adaptation. It's not adapting a novel of J.R.R. Tolkien's, but rather two pages from his Appendices, which lay out the ...

How Tolkien and Lewis Re-enchanted a War-Weary World A graphic novel makes a powerful case that if these two men had never met, 20th-century pop culture might have taken an entirely different ...

A new novel by "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien was published on Thursday a century after it was first written, prompted in part by the horrors he witnessed in World War One. "Beren and ...

The revolver used by JRR Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, at the Battle of the Somme is to be exhibited at Imperial War Museum North.

Also present are the ring-stealing orcs, the Great Eagles, and a runaway Mûmakil (or Oliphaunt), each a hint at the war to come, as well as proof of Tolkien's vast, interconnected legendarium.