William Morris - The Roots of the Mountains

J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, said that his writing was inspired and influenced by the books of William Morris. 

A tale of a romance that unites two long-ago peoples and of the battle to defend their freedom against invading Huns.

Roots of the Mountains has all the glory and strife of war, along with a love triangle similar to the one hinted at in Lord of the Ring.

If you like folklore and stories that seem to draw from ancient Norse legends and Celtic peoples, you will love this story.

Pages: 482
ISBN: 9781365619748

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William Morris - The House of the Wolfings

William Morris - The House of the Wolfings

His fascination with ancient Germanic and Norse people dominated his writings, the first to be set in an entirely invented fantasy world and which helped to establish the fantasy genre. 

The House of Wolfings, it tells the story of how Thiodolf and his clan - the Wolfings - fight and vanquish the Roman invaders. The book is built with Morris' knowledge of the historical period and his own idealistic views, which allow him to combine facts and mythical elements. Thiodolf is protected by a dwarfish coat of mail, given to him by his lover Wood Sun, herself one of the Vala, the immortals. But things are not what they seem and what is meant to protect him, is also a curse... 

In a letter, Tolkien referred to The Lord of the Rings when he wrote, “The Dead Marshes and the approaches to the Morannon owe something to Northern France after the Battle of the Somme. They owe more to William Morris and his Huns and Romans, as in The House of the Wolfings or The Roots of the Mountains.”

Pages: 260
ISBN: 9781365205101

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William Morris - Golden Wings and other fantasy stories

Golden Wings and Other Fantasy Stories is a collection of fantasy short stories by William Morris including the classics “Lindenborg Pool” and “The Hollow Land” among others.

Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781329025783

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William Morris - The Well at the World's End

The Well at the World's End by William Morris
The Well at the World's End was among the very first of its kind - it is an epic romance of duplicity, machination, passion, and wizardry, and is, in short, a vast odyssey into the weird. It is a beautifully rich fantasy, a vibrant fairy tale without fairies. It is the most entrancing of William Morris's late romances - part futuristic fantasy novel, part old-fashioned fairy tale. Morris writes his magic love story with a sense of color and pattern, and the sheer imaginative fervor of one of the most brilliant decorative artists that has ever lived.
A Classic fantasy novel!

Pages: 452
ISBN:  9781312185012

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