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Includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Also includes commentary and poems associated with each tale.

From the publisher. In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum were finally brought to the Pass of Kirith Ungol, at which point J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at the time: "I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without...

Follows The Book of Lost Tales, parts 1 & 2, and precedes The Shaping of Middle-earth.

The Book of Lost Tales: Part TwoThe Book of Lost Tales is published in two volumes. The first contains the Tales of Valinor; and this second part includes Beren and Lúthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary, together with associated poems, and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary of the earliest Elvish languages....

From the publisher. The Treason of Isengard is the seventh volume in Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle-earth and the second in his account of the evolution of The Lord of the Rings. In this book, following the long halt in the darkness of the Mines of Moria with which The Return of the Shadow ended, is traced the great expansion of the tale into new lands and new peoples south and east of the Misty Mountains; the emergence of Lothlorien, of...

Christopher Tolkien chronicles his father's creation of the classic fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings" from Sam's rescue in the Tower of Kirith Ungol to the end of the book, presenting early drafts and sketches and versions of the hitherto unpublished epilogue.

In this intriguing volume, Christopher Tolkeien traces the vivid history of Middle-earth, bring the land--its topography and ever-clashing forces--to the state readers recognize from the Lord of the Rings. Entertaining and informative, THE LOST ROAD AND OTHER WRITINGS shares fresh insights into the evolution of one of the world's most enduring fantasies.