microrobert
04-02-2013, 05:43 PM
The Hobbit ring that may have inspired Tolkien put on show
Lord of the Rings author was researching the story of the curse of a Roman ring for two years before starting Bilbo Baggins tale
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/4/2/1364880500502/The-ring-that-may-have-in-008.jpg
The 'cursed' Roman ring that may have inspired Tolkien's Hobbit books
A new exhibition opening today at The Vyne, now owned by the National Trust, raises the intriguing possibility that the Roman ring in the case, and the ring of power in JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit, and in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, are one and the same.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/02/hobbit-tolkien-ring-exhibition
Lord of the Rings author was researching the story of the curse of a Roman ring for two years before starting Bilbo Baggins tale
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/4/2/1364880500502/The-ring-that-may-have-in-008.jpg
The 'cursed' Roman ring that may have inspired Tolkien's Hobbit books
A new exhibition opening today at The Vyne, now owned by the National Trust, raises the intriguing possibility that the Roman ring in the case, and the ring of power in JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit, and in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, are one and the same.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/02/hobbit-tolkien-ring-exhibition