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|author=Michael Morpurgo

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|pages=96

|publisher=Walker Books Ltd

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Beowulf is the oldest surviving Old English poem. It was told by the wave of Anglo Saxons who settled in England during the dark ages and was first written down some time around the end of the first millennium AD. It tells the story of a Geatish hero, Beowulf, and his battles against the monster, Grendel, the sea hag that was Grendel's mother and, the hardest battle of all, against a giant, treasure-hoarding dragon. The manuscript was first used largely by historians, searching for clues about life in those times, but a landmark essay by Tolkein in the 1930s brought it firmly into the literary realm. Elements of the tale can be seen all over The Lord of the Rings. Since then, it has been retold many times, by many great authors.

Thanks to the publisher, Walker, for sending me such a wonderful book.

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