num_pages: 279
description: This encyclopaedia offers guidance to Tolkien's world of Middle Earth and the Undying Lands. It draws together every important aspect of his vast cosmology in over 500 alphabetic entries covering five subject areas - history, geography, sociology, natural history anad biography. By drawing on Tolkien's works, the entries are intended to offer readers a detailed background to the characters and creatures of his extraordinary imagination.
language: English
title: Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
titlecomplete: Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Reference, Collections, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Art, Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 4254
publisher: Macmillan