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Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/339535 Title: J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography Author: Humphrey Carpenter Narrator: Roger May Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs 32 mins Language: English Release date: 2018-07-19 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary Publisher's Summary: The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, released for the first time on audio. In more than 40 years since Tolkien's death in September 1973, millions have read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in Bloemfontein in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood, brought up in near-poverty and almost thwarted in adolescent romance. He served in the First World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost some of his closest friends, and returned to academic life, achieving