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The Return of the King By: J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3rd, 1892 in South Africa. He grew up in a rich family and was very well educated. He married a woman who was three years older than him and was very happy with her. He fought in the trenches of France during WWI as a second lieutenant with the British army. He was discharged from the army due to various illnesses. Mr. Tolkien was a professor of English literature at Oxford university from 1925-1945. The original stories that he wrote were The Hobbit and the silamrion which he originally wrote for his children. His stories got out and eventually pressure from fans of the books pressured him to make a sequel. That is how Tolkien got the idea for the Lord of the Rings, which took him twelve years to finish. Towards the end of his life Tolkien's books became more popular. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien died on November 29th, 1973. His books are still a must read today.