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Tolkien’s grandson tells Olive Press why he decided to set his latest novel in the Spanish Civil War

Tolkien’s grandson tells the Olive Press why he set his latest novel during the Spanish Civil War

This month, the grandson of Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien released a new historical adventure set at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. ‘The Palace at the End of the Sea’ by Simon Tolkien, is a coming-of-age novel following Theo, a young man who travelled across continents from New York in the midst of the Great Depression …

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