Nobility in the books

[tom bombariffic]

Thanks legolas, the first was the exact quote I had been thinking of. Hats off to you, sir!

And Rhod,

Now, back to the topic. Tuor of Gondolin & Anguirel, do you have anything to say in reply to me?

Personally I dont think anyone will agree with you that Elessar was a tryrant, because tyranny denotes cruelty and oppression. Nowadays we have a tendency to view any individual ruler as having too much power, but in Tolkien's time there wasn't such opposition to royalty, and even he was looking back to a time when kings and lords were celebrated, as various people have argued above.

bombariffic