Dark Indeed Is the Hour - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 5 Ch 1

We are going on an adventure! Love The Lord of the Rings? Why not read along with us as we consider the books from the writer's point of view! Taking it chapter by chapter, novelist Julia Golding will reveal new details that you might not have noticed and techniques that will only go to increase your pleasure in future re-readings of our favourite novel. Julia also brings her expert knowledge of life in Oxford and English culture to explain some points that might have passed you by.

00:00 Introduction: Welcome to Mythmakers and Return of the King

01:26 Synopsis and Setting the Stakes: The Final Darkness

03:07 Pippin Takes Center Stage: A New Point of View

05:31 The Journey to Minas Tirith: Gandalf's Ride and the Beacons

09:14 The Beacons of Gondor: History and Film Comparison

11:59 Comedy and Stakes: Pippin Falls Asleep During the Lecture

14:16 The Pelennor Wall and Meeting Ingold: Pippin's Honesty

16:41 First Sight of Minas Tirith: Piercing Beauty and Seven Walls

22:29 The Court of the Fountain: The Dead White Tree

23:24 Confrontation with Denethor: A Clash of Leaders

28:43 Pippin's Pledge of Service: Pride and Purpose