J. R. R. Tolkien The Silmarillion (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The SilmarillionCondition: NewEAN: 9780007523221ISBN: 9780007523221Publisher: HarperCollinsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/01/2013Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 30mmItem Weight: 330gAuthor: J. R. R. TolkienLanguage: EnglishDescription: The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This pivotal work features the revised, corrected text and includes, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionTopic: FantasyContributor: Christopher Tolkien (Edited by)Release Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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