Sally O'Reilly

It’s the summer holidays – finally we have the chance to relax on the sun lounger and escape into a good book.

In 1937 a fairy tale about a reluctant hero with hairy feet was published by a tweedy English academic called JRR Tolkien. The Hobbit was an instant success – and its mighty sequel The Lord of the Rings followed in 1954.

It’s the summer holidays – finally we have the chance to relax on the sun lounger and escape into a good book.

In 1937 a fairy tale about a reluctant hero with hairy feet was published by a tweedy English academic called JRR Tolkien. The Hobbit was an instant success – and its mighty sequel The Lord of the Rings followed in 1954.