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Simon Tolkien on Writing Historical Novels
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Simon Tolkien is the grandson of JRR Tolkien and a director of the Tolkien Estate. He is also series consultant for the Amazon series, The Rings of Power. He studied Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford and went on to become a London barrister specializing in criminal defense. He left the law to become a writer in 2001 and has published five novels which mine the history of the first half of the last century to explore dark subjects – capital punishment, the Holocaust, the London Blitz and the Battle of the Somme. The epic coming-of-age story of Theo Sterling, set in 1930s New York, England and Spain, is being published in two volumes this year: The Palace at the End of the Sea and The Room of Lost Steps.
Learn more at Simontolkien.com
Special thanks to NetGalley for providing advance copies.
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Manage episode 498423072 series 2905340
Simon Tolkien is the grandson of JRR Tolkien and a director of the Tolkien Estate. He is also series consultant for the Amazon series, The Rings of Power. He studied Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford and went on to become a London barrister specializing in criminal defense. He left the law to become a writer in 2001 and has published five novels which mine the history of the first half of the last century to explore dark subjects – capital punishment, the Holocaust, the London Blitz and the Battle of the Somme. The epic coming-of-age story of Theo Sterling, set in 1930s New York, England and Spain, is being published in two volumes this year: The Palace at the End of the Sea and The Room of Lost Steps.
Learn more at Simontolkien.com
Special thanks to NetGalley for providing advance copies.
Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast
2024 Outro Recording
Follow the Writing Table:
On Twitter/X: @writingtablepc
Everywhere else: @writingtablepodcast
Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: [email protected].
296 episodes
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