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The suggestion was that he visited it on a trip before WW1, possibly related to the Switzerland trip? And most importantly, it would be marked as Austro-Hungary
by p_l 6y ago
The suggestion was that he visited it on a trip before WW1, possibly related to the Switzerland trip? And most importantly, it would be marked as Austro-Hungary territory at the time.
- KineticLensman 6y ago> The suggestion was that he visited it on a trip before WW1, possibly related to the Switzerland trip? Again, I don't think so. I just re-read the relevant chapter in Humphrey Carpenter's biography of Tolkien. The 1911 Switzerland trip (when he was aged 19) was just that; and the group of 12 returned to England as soon as the walking was done.
- p_l 6y agoI guess that it can be marked as untrue tale then. Pity, because it really would fit ;)