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J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a 'dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told'. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron. It was not until Christopher Tolkien published after his father's death that a fuller...
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Lord of the rings volume 1
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The standard hardcover edition of the second volume of The Lord of the Rings includes a large format fold-out map. With the Ringwraiths in pursuit, Frodo Baggins attempts to get the Ring of Power to Mount Doom where the ring can be destroyed before Middle-earth falls victim to the evil Sauron.
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Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time. This new, definitive collection of works - which had appeared separately, in various formats, between 1949 and 1998 - comes with an illuminating introduction from esteemed author and Tolkien expert Tom Shippey...
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A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon publication, Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings.
The book concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story...
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