The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth

by J. R. R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley (Editor), Alan Lee (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

For the first time ever, stories from the Second Age of Middle-earth have been collected in one volume. Not only that, but it’s also illustrated in watercolor and pencil by none other than Alan Lee! Adhering to the timeline of “The Tale of Years,” this new volume is perfect for fans who want to immerse themselves in the world once again.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063280700
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/15/2022
Series:	Lord of the Rings Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specializing in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth.

Date of Birth:

January 3, 1892

Date of Death:

September 2, 1973

Place of Birth:

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (South Africa)

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Education:

B.A., Exeter College, Oxford University, 1915; M.A., 1919

Editorial Reviews

"How, given little over half a century of work, did one man become the creative equivalent of a people?" — The Guardian

"Demanding to be compared with English mythologies… at times rises to the greatness of true myth." — Financial Times

"A creation of singular beauty… magnificent in its best moments." — Washington Post

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