MiddleEarth Traveller

Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettable journey across Middleearth, from Bag End to Mordor, in this richly illustrated sketchbook fully of previously unseen artwork, anecdotes and meditations on Middleearth.Middleearth has been mapped, Bilbos and Frodos journeys plotted and measured, but Middleearth remains a wilderland for all that. The roads as yet untraveled far outnumber those down which Tolkien had time to wander.A MiddleEarth Traveller presents a walking tour of Tolkiens Middleearth, visiting not only places central to his stories, but also those just over the hill or beyond the horizon. Events from Tolkiens books are explored battles of the different ages that are almost part of legend by the time of The Lord of the Rings; lost kingdoms and ancient myths, as well as those places only hinted at: kingdoms of the far North and lands beyond the seas.Sketches that have an onthespot feel to them are interwoven with the artists observations gleaned from Tolkiens books and recollections of his time spent in Middleearth while working alongside Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies. Combining concept work produced for films, existing Middleearth art and many new paintings and sketches exclusive to this book, A Middleearth Traveller will take the reader on a unique and unforgettable journey across Tolkiens magical landscape.