Including brand-new paintings, this is a fully illustrated new
edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, telling the
earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First
and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such
as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron. The
Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a
collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of
Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the
end of the War of the Ring. They are set in an age when Morgoth,
the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the Elves made war
upon him in his impenetrable fortress in Angband for the recovery
of the Silmarils, three jewels containing the last remaining pure
light of Valinor, seized by Morgoth and set in his iron crown.
Accompanying these tales are several shorter works. The Ainulindale
is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and
powers 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 told in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien
could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with
him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher, to edit the work
from many manuscripts and bring his father's great vision to
publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a
lifetime. This special edition presents anew this seminal first
step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth,
and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than
twenty books celebrating his father's legacy. Also included is a
letter by J.R.R. Tolkien written in 1951 which provides a brilliant
exposition of the earlier Ages, and almost 50 full-colour paintings
by Ted Nasmith, including some which appear here for the first
time.
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