DICTIONARY OF SOURCES OF TOLKIEN (HB)

Tolkien scholar and best-selling author David Day's four decades of research inform this book about the lands, inhabitants, languages, geography and history of Middle-earth. Includes over 200 illustrations and an appendix that examines the legends that were key sources for Tolkien's creations - the Völsunga Saga, the Nibelungenlied, and Wagner's Ring Cycle.