A Guide to Middle Earth: A Complete and Definitive Concordance for "The Lord of the Rings" Robert Foster

A glossary of people, places, and things arranged for convenient reference.

Middle Earth. The fantastically complex world J.R.R. Tolkien created in his epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings.  Who was Gerontius Took?  Sancho Proudfoot?  What was the Calendar of Imladris?  When was the Sunless Year?  The Third Age?  Where was Mirkwood?  Fangorn Forest?

All the people, places and events--from Adaldrida Brandybuck to Zirak-Zigil--in Tolkien's classic masterpiece are identified and described in detail.

Robert Foster has become well-known through his guide as one of the foremost authorities on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was an Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers College, New Jersey. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he received his MA and PhD in English and Medieval Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a consultant to the Tolkien Society of America and his Guide to Middle Earth, published in 1971, resulted from his work of tracing the etymology of names used in JRR Tolkien's books.