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Series
History of Middle-Earth volume 1-2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
The Book of Lost Tales contains the first forms of the myths that came to be called The Silmarillion. These include early accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the geography and cosmography of their invented world, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Also includes commentary and poems associated with each tale....
Author
Series
History of Middle-Earth volume 1
Language
English
Description
The first form of the myths and legends in Tolkien's conception of the Middle Kingdom features the adventures of Eriol, and the tales of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the dragon, the necklace of the dwarves, and the fall of Gondolin.
Author
Series
History of Middle-Earth volume 3
Language
English
Description
The Lays of Beleriand are epic stories in verse form of the Elder days of Middle-earth. Contained herein is The Lay of the Children of Hurin, which tell the tale of Turin Son of Hurin and Glorund the Dragon. The Lay of Leithian tells of Thingol, of the meeting of Beren and Luthien, and of the battle between Fiingolfin and Morgoth. Together these Lays form an important backdrop to The Silmarillion, and illuminate some of the oldest tales of Middle-earth....
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
"In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum were finally brought to the Pass of Kirith Ungol, at which point J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at the time: 'I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without labour and difficulty'....
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
This is the first of two volumes which documents later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war. Christopher Tolkien documents the history of The Silmarillion, from the time when his father turned again to 'the Matter of the Elder Days'.
Author
Series
History of Middle-Earth volume 11
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Author
Series
History of Middle-Earth volume 4
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Author
Series
History of Middle-Earth volume 12
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Study of the Appendices to "The Lord of the Rings," which contain the historical structure of the Second and Third Ages, with additional writings from Tolkien's later years offering new insights into his fictional world, and the abandoned beginnings of two other stories.
Author
Series
History of The lord of the rings volume pt. 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
The Treason of Isengard continues the account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings started in the earlier volume, The Return of the Shadow. It traces the great expansion of the tale into new lands and new peoples south and east of the Misty Mountains: the emergence of Lothlorien, of Ents, of the Riders of Rohan, and of Sauman the White in the fortress of Isengard. In brief outlines and pencilled drafts dashed down on scraps of paper are seen the...
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