Posted on 16/12/03
Tolkien's gentlemanly art of war
Tomorrow, The Return of the King -- the final instalment of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy -- will open to a fanfare of moviegoers costumed as elves and hobbits, and massive-box office receipts. It's a strange outcome for a fantasy novel that is Victorian in style and reactionary in politics.
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