{"title":"Simon Tolkien","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"no-mans-land-ltd","title":"No Man's Land - Ltd","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the slums of London to the riches of an Edwardian country house; from the hot, dark seams of a Yorkshire coalmine to the exposed terrors of the trenches, Adam Raines journey from boy to man is set against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdam Raine is a boy cursed by misfortune. His impoverished childhood in the slums of Islington is brought to an end by a tragedy that sends him north to Scarsdale, a hard-living coalmining town where his father finds work as a union organizer. But it isnt long before the escalating tensions between the miners and their employer, Sir John Scarsdale, explode with terrible consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath, Adam meets Miriam, the Rectors beautiful daughter, and moves into Scarsdale Hall, an opulent paradise compared with the life he has been used to before. But he makes an enemy of Sir Johns son, Brice, who subjects him to endless petty cruelties for daring to step above his station.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen love and an Oxford education beckon, Adam feels that his life is finally starting to come together  until the outbreak of war threatens to tear everything apart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-extra-large\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-row feature\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small\"\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e Simon Tolkien was a successful Criminal Justice barrister in London specializing in serious crimes before moving to California with his wife and two children to take up writing full time. He has been acclaimed as a naturally gifted storyteller with a terrific command of language and a unique perception into the darker sides of human nature. The grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, with whom he had a very special relationship, Simon Tolkien's writing is set firmly in this world. \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263727223078,"sku":"9780008100469","price":149.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/399a5ad9-26fa-456f-b38f-3b63b265ebdf.jpg?v=1701084520"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/collections\/simon-tolkien.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}