Illustrated World of Tolkien: The Second Age - Tolkien Reference Book for All Ages, Illustrated Lord of the Rings Guide

Go on a beautifully illustrated journey through the Second Age of Middle-earth’s history.

The Second Age has long been a “dark age” for readers of J. R. R. Tolkien, as none of his fiction provides an all-encompassing narrative of the events of that 3,500-year period of Middle-earth’s history. The Second Age is made up of two great narrative channels: on the one hand the rise and cataclysmic downfall of the island kingdom of Númenor and its aftermath, and on the other the forging of the Ring...