An 1813 German fantasy novel inspired Tolkien's lordly chivalric tales [fact]
- Baron De La Motte Fouque, The Magic Ring, or, The Castle of Montfaucon, tr. Robert Pearse Gillies (Chicago: Valancourt Books, 2006), 5. This work was the inspiration for many tales featuring the themes of chivalry and knighthood, including The Lord of the Rings series.
XREF: Connects to Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and the broader tradition of German Romantic chivalric fantasy.
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