How A World War Inspired The Lord Of The Rings - True Fiction

The Lord of the Rings may be a work of high fantasy, but did you know there was a devastating real event that tied our world to Middle-earth, the mythical land of Elves, Orcs, and Hobbits?

By his own account, J. R. R. Tolkien didn’t create The Lord of the Rings to be an allegory for the First World War, but the beloved series can still be applied to his own experiences with it. World War 1 had an undeniable impact on Tolkien as a person, and in this episode of True Fiction, Kurt Indovina examines how.