Stanley Unwin (publisher)
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Sir Stanley Unwin, KCMG was a British publisher, who founded the Allen & Unwin publishing firm.
Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1946.
His birthplace in Handen Road, Lewisham
Blue Plaque on his birthplace.
The Silmarillion
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The Silmarillion is a book consisting of a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his so
Stanley Unwin (publisher)
…book became a success, Unwin asked Tolkien for a sequel, which eventually became the bestselling The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien had wanted to publish The Silmarillion, but it was turned down for being "too Celtic"; it was finally published after his death by Allen & Unwin in 1977. In 1950, Unwin published another…
Artistic response to The Silmarillion: Fëanor threatens Fingolfin, by Tom Loback, 2007
Tolkien went to great lengths to present his work as a collection of documents "within the fictional world", including preparing facsimile pages from The Book of Mazarbul to support the story and bring readers into his fantasy.