Eumaeon the Egyptian
~ by Kai McWhirter The Egyptians were a nation of long-term thinkers, less concerned than the Greeks about the here and now, so it was unsurprising, Eumaeon thought to himself, that they should build the…
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Tolkien and Kingship
It’s fair to say that Tolkien was a royalist. Although he rarely discussed his political views in detail in his correspondence, in a letter to his son Christopher in 1943 he wrote, “My political opinions…
Down a Dark Path: The Story of Sauron
Think of a novel, any novel. Now think of that book’s central conflict; every story will have one because without conflict there would be no plot. The conflict may take many forms, from an…
Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe: A Review
“Chivalry! – why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection – the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant – Nobility were but…