The second of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of "The Silmarillion", Tolkiens 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 Morgoths 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 Tolkiens 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...

ISBN: 978-0-261-10324-5
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011