The Quickening Maze James Runcie Near fine copy with slight

Near fine copy with slight shelf wear to spine

a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth

are baying for British blood

the police are at a loss

there's going to be a terrible war

The Quickening Maze James Runcie Near fine copy with slightAfter a lifetime's struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, in 1840 the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum, in London's Epping Forest, is run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum. This historically accurate, intensely lyrical novel, describes the asylum's closed world and Nature's paradise outside the