The History of Middle-Earth Lord of the Rings: Part 2. VI The Return of the Shadow, VII The Treason of Isengard, VIII The War of the Ring, IX Sauron Defeated

Christopher Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0007149166 / ISBN 13: 9780007149162

Published by Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2002

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Hardcover, black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine in Near Fine condition, dustwrapper with some light shelfwear, small dent to rear hinge area internally repaired but otherwise in Very Good condition. 2002 edition, pp 1959, b&w illustrations, indices.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of Middle-Earth Lord of the Rings: Part 2. VI The Return of the Shadow, VII The Treason of Isengard, VIII The War of the Ring, IX Sauron Defeated
• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007149166
• ISBN 13: 9780007149162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Childen's & Illustrated
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

J.R.R. Tolkien is famous the world over for his unique literary creation, exemplified in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. What is less well known, however, is that he also produced a vast amount of further material that greatly expands upon the mythology and numerous stories of Middle-earth, and which gives added life to the thousand-year war between the Elves and the evil spirit Morgoth, and his terrifying lieutenant, Sauron.

It was to this enormous task of literary construction that Tolkien’s youngest son and literary heir, Christopher, applied himself to produce the monumental and endlessly fascinating series of twelve volumes, The History of Middle-earth.

About the Author

Christopher Tolkien, born on 21 November 1924, is the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot. At the end of the war he returned to Oxford University, and became a fellow of New College and tutor in English in 1964, lecturing in the University on early English and northern literature. Appointed by J.R.R. Tolkien to be his literary executor, he has devoted himself since his father's death in 1973 to the editing and publication of unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion and the collections entitled Unfinished Tales and The History of Middle-earth. Since 1975 he has live in France with his wife Baillie.