The Silmarillion

The popular paperback edition with a cover design by Tolkien himself, to complement the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings paperbacks. Includes a special preface by J.R.R. Tolkien. 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 Numenor 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.

ISBN 0261102737   Pages 480 ISBN13 9780261102736 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 298 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers   Published in London Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd   Previous ISBN 9780261102446 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 178 Publication date 09 Jan 1992   Width (mm) 111 DEWEY 823.912   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

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Brilliant - a 'must read' for anyone interested in the background to The Lord of the Rings. - Mark Lewandowski



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