Letters 
Next
Previous
(did you mean Carpenter's Letter #220?)
Next Previous
Next
Previous
(did you mean Carpenter's Letter #220?)
TCG Letter #220 / Carpenter Letter #95
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Christopher Tolkien
Date
18 January 1945
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien has been enjoying reading Stenton's Anglo-Saxon England, and wishes he had a time-machine. Tolkien tells Christopher that this is the history "of our peculiar people", and other than the thin strand of ancestors that brought the 'Tolkien' name, most of their background is Mercian or Hwiccian on both sides of the family.
Next Previous
3989
1734719