WAR OF THE JEWELS LEGENDS OF BELERIAND

WAR OF THE JEWELS LEGENDS OF BELERIAND

TOLKIEN J

ISBN: 9780261103245

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THE SECOND OF TWO COMPANION VOLUMES WHICH DOCUMENTS THE LATER WRITING OF THE SILMARILLION, TOLKIEN'S EPIC TALE OF WAR. IN THE WAR OF THE JEWELS CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN TAKES UP HIS ACCOUNT OF THE LATER HISTORY OF THE SILMARILLION FROM THE POINT WHERE IT WAS LEFT IN MORGOTH'S RING. THE STORY NOW RETURNS TO MIDDLE-EARTH, AND THE RUINOUS CONFLICT OF THE HIGH ELVES AND THE MEN WHO WERE THEIR ALLIES WITH THE POWER FOTHE DARK LORD. WITH THE PUBLICATION IN THIS BOOK OF ALL J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S LATER NARRATIVE WRITING CONCERNED WITH THE LAST CENTURIES OF THE FIRST AGE, THE LONG HISTORY OF THE SILMARILLION, FROM ITS BEGINNING IN THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, IS COMPLETED; AND THE ENIGMATIC STATE OF THE WORK AT HIS DEATH CAN BE UNDERSTOOD. THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GREY ANNALS, THE PRIMARY RECORD OF THE WAR OF THE JEWELS, AND A MAJOR STORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH NOW PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE TALE OF THE DISASTER THAT OVERTOOK THE FOREST PEOPLE OF BRETHIL WHEN HURIN THE STEADFAST CAME AMONG TH

ISBN Number 9780261103245
Author/s TOLKIEN J
Format Book
Edition 1ST - 2002
Publisher HARPER COLLINS
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