About the Book

The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s epic tale of war.

After The Lord of the Rings was at last achieved, J R R Tolkien turned his attention once again to ‘the Matter of the Elder Days’. The text of the Annals of Aman, the ‘Blessed Land’ in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, became of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda.

The second part of this history of the later Silmarillion is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780261103009
• ISBN 10: 0261103008
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• On Sale: 07/01/2002
• Pages: 496
• List Price:22.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Fantasy / Historical
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure
• BISAC4 : FICTION / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures
• BISAC5 : FICTION / Fantasy / Epic

Christopher Tolkien

Biography

Christopher Tolkien was born on 21 November 1924. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, later returning to Oxford University to become a Fellow and Tutor. He devoted himself after his father’s death in 1973 to the editing of his unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, the twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin. He died in 2020 at the age of 95.

Other Works by Christopher Tolkien

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  The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 1): The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Book of Lost Tales, Part One & Part Two (The History of Middle-earth)

  By Christopher Tolkien

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  The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition

  By Christopher Tolkien

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  The Silmarillion

  By Christopher Tolkien