{"product_id":"the-king-under-the-mountain-d-j-taylor-9798897102242","title":"The King Under the Mountain: The Search for J. R. R. Tolkien","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sparkling exploration of the myths that J. R. R. Tolkien created around himself, examining the social and political worlds that surrounded the creator of Middle-Earth, by award-winning biographer D. J. Taylor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the past seven decades J.R.R. Tolkien's major works--\u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, and T\u003ci\u003ehe Silmarillion\u003c\/i\u003e--have sold over half a billion copies, been made into prodigiously successful Hollywood movies, and had an incalculable influence on the generations of fantasy writers who followed in their wake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Tolkien himself remains a mystery--a deeply conservative Oxford don specializing in an abstruse subject and a diehard Roman Catholic who regarded biography as a waste of time, was suspicious of literary criticism, and jealously guarded his private life from an intrusive media. Of no major twentieth century literary figure is so little known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe King Under the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is an attempt to decipher this puzzle. Part biography, part critical study, and part fan's notes offering insight into the deepest recesses of Tolkien's imaginative world, it explores the myths that Tolkien created around himself, examines the social and political contexts in which he operated and, above all, investigates the kind of person--and the kind of writer--that Tolkien imagined himself to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. J. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897102242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"D. J. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443241988351,"sku":"9798897102242","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b910cbed-8304-41c4-9a6f-6042a27e716c.jpg?v=1777202795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-king-under-the-mountain-d-j-taylor-9798897102242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}