“The book is a biography, but not only a biography. It reconstructs the almost unknown life of Francis Morgan (1857–1935), a Catholic priest of Anglo-Spanish origin, who was involved in the sherry trade and was guardian and ‘second father’ of author J.R.R. Tolkien. “There is one aspect of Tolkien’s biography that has been barely investigated so far: his early years and the lasting relationship of Tolkien (who was orphaned as a child) with his guardian, Father Francis Morgan.” He became legal guardian of the Tolkien brothers after the death of their mother, Mabel Tolkien, in 1904. Written by Michael Flowers for the Tolkien Society website on April 4, 2018, Luna Press Publishing, Edinburgh. Father Morgan was a priest of the Birmingham Oratory, run by religious Cardinal Saint John Henry Newman founded. From the National Catholic Register-
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