The Silmarillion by J R R Tolkien & Illustrated by Ted Nasmith & Edited by Christopher Tolkien
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
Product Description
The tales of The Silmarillion were the underlying inspiration and source of J.R.R. Tolkiens imaginative writing he worked on the book throughout his life but never brought it to a final form. Long preceding in its origins The Lord of the Rings it is the story of the First Age of Tolkiens world the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the RIngs look back and in which some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The title Silmarillion is shortened from Quenta Silmarillion The History of the Silmarils the three great jewels created by Feanor most gifted of the Elves in which he imprisoned the light of the Two Trees that illumined Valinor the land of the gods. When Morgoth the first Dark Lord destroyed the Trees that light lived on only in the Silmarils Morgoth seized them and set them in his crown guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middleearth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his people against the gods their exile in Middleearth and their war hopeless despite all the heroisim of Elves and Men against the great Enemy. The book includes several other shorter works beside The Silmarillion proper. Preceding it are Ainulindale the myth of Creation and Valaquenta in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is set forth. After The Silmarillion is Akallabeth the story of the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age completing the volume is Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age in which the events of The Lord of the Rings are treated in the manner of The Silmarillion. This new edition of The Silmarillion contains the revised and corrected second edition text and by way of introduction a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of his conception of the earlier Ages. It also contains almost fifty fullcolor illustrations by the artist Ted Nasmith many of which appear for the first time. show more
Condition : New
Author : J R R Tolkien Illustrated By Ted Nasmith Edited By Christopher Tolkien
Weight : 1710
Publisher : HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Language : English
EAN : 9780618391110
ISBN10 : 0618391118
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20200303
Place of Publication : Boston United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 198 X 246 X 33mm