The History of Middle-Earth (Boxed Set 1): The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, T

Description: The History of Middle-Earth (Boxed Set 1): The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Book of Lost Tales, Part One & Part Two: Book 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien First in a series of hardback boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Set 1 contains special editions of THE SILMARILLION and UNFINISHED TALES reproducing the first edition text, together with the two volumes of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description First in a series of hardback boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Set 1 contains special editions of THE SILMARILLION and UNFINISHED TALES reproducing the first edition text, together with the two volumes of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkiens 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.Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth and the rise of NÚmenor in the Second Age to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth centurys most acclaimed popular author.The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse.In the two volumes of the Tales are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkiens invented world.Published together for the first time, these four books collect the beginning of Christopher Tolkiens forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.R.R. Tolkiens writings on Middle-earth, a unique accomplishment that celebrates the greatest invented world in all of fantasy literature. Author Biography J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.Christopher Tolkien, born on 21 November 1924, is the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot. At the end of the war he returned to Oxford University and became a Fellow and Tutor in English of New College in 1964, lecturing in the University on early English and northern literature. Appointed by J.R.R. Tolkien to be his literary executor, he has devoted himself since his fathers death in 1973 to the editing and publication of unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion and Beowulf, and the collections entitled Unfinished Tales and The History of Middle-earth. Since 1975 he has lived in France with his wife Baillie. Review Praise for The Silmarillion:At times rises to the greatness of true mythFinancial TimesPraise for Unfinished Tales:Another monument to the incredible imagination of TolkienSunday TelegraphPraise for The Book of Lost Tales:Christopher Tolkien shows himself to be his fathers son… Tolkien devotees will rejoiceThe New York Times Book ReviewIn these Lost Tales we have the scholar joyously gambolling in the thicket of his imagination… a Commentary and Notes greatly enrich the questDaily Telegraph Details ISBN0008663165 Author Christopher Tolkien Pages 1536 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Edition Description Boxed Set Edition Series The History of Middle-earth Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780008663162 Imprint HarperCollins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9780008671709 Series Number Book 1 Audience General Subtitle The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, the Book of Lost Tales, Part One & Part Two DEWEY 823.912 ISBN-10 0008663165 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-12-07 UK Release Date 2023-12-07 NZ Release Date 2024-04-02 AU Release Date 2024-04-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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