This enraged staunch Protestants on both sides of the family and Mabel Tolkien subsequently left without any financial support. Now living in Birmingham, Mabel Tolkien and her children were received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1900. Tolkien spent his early childhood in Sarehole, a Worcestershire village, which later influenced him in the creation of the Shire. His father died in Africa before he could rejoin them. At the age of three he returned to England with his mother and younger brother, Hilary Arthur Reuel. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to British parents, Arthur Reuel Tolkien and the former Miss Mabel Suffield. In 2022, the Swedish computer gaming firm Embracer Group purchased the rights to Tolkien's works, after it had already acquired the rights to make board and card games based on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Tolkien also created the Middle-earth legendarium, a fantasy world with a detailed geography, history, and inhabited by Men, Elves, Dwarves, and Hobbits. He had a lifelong interest in and love of language, and also created several constructed languages. He was a great influence on the late conservative political theorist Russell Kirk. Tolkien also worked on translating the Bible, particularly the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible. Lewis's estimated book sales of 200 million. His books sales are estimated at 150 million, a tad less than his friend C.S.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, philologist and university professor, best known as the author of several influential fantasy books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien in 1972, in his study at Merton Street.

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