Untangling Tolkien

Here is the book Tolkien fans have needed for half a century -- a detailed, book-length chronology of J.R.R. Tolkien's complex tale. Whether you are a serious Tolkien fan or simply someone who enjoys reading the story over and over again, this is the book for you. It is the first new type of reference for The Lord of the Rings to be published since the 1970s. Beginning over 1400 years before the major events in Tolkien's epic, it describes, year by year, the amazing and imaginative background history that Tolkien created for his masterpiece. Then for the main narrative, it becomes a…