Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Geoffrey Smith Bache (October 18, 1894 - December 3, 1916) was a close friend of the writer JRR Tolkien, a member of the Tea Club Barrovian Society or TCBS with Rob Gilson, Christopher Wiseman and Tolkien.Studying in Birmingham and Oxford, he wrote several poetry essays during his studies, which he shared with his friends, members of TCBS.Engaged in World War I like all his friends, he died after the Battle of the Somme. His poems are published posthumously by Tolkien, eager to make his friend known, who will write the preface.Geoffrey Smith was born on October 18, 1894. His parents are merchants of the English countryside. He has a brother. He studies at King Edward's School in Birmingham, where he shows a disposition for literature. In 1912, he obtained a History Exhibition at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he settled in October of the same year for his education.Geoffrey meets JRR Tolkien and his friends at King Edward's School, Rob Gilson and Christopher Wiseman. Member of the Barrovian Tea Club Society or TCBS, the four friends take the nickname of the four immortals. Smith became one of Tolkien's closest friends, and it was probably Smith's interest in modern literature that influenced
