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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Evil Morgoth rules over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Ulmo, the Lord of Waters, opposes him. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Turin. Guided unseen by Ulmo, Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin. The story -- only ninety-five pages long--...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 365 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Tolkien considered The Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return...