{"product_id":"the-history-of-middle-earth-boxed-set-1-by-j-r-r-tolkien-9780008663162","title":"The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 1)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst in a series of hardback boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Set 1 contains special editions of \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnfinished Tales\u003c\/em\u003e reproducing the first edition text, together with the two volumes of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Lost Tales\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s World. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in \u003cem\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The tales of \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnfinished Tales\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth and the rise of Númenor in the Second Age to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century’s most acclaimed popular author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Lost Tales\u003c\/em\u003e stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the \u003cem\u003eTales\u003c\/em\u003e were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the two volumes of the \u003cem\u003eTales\u003c\/em\u003e are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkien’s invented world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished together for the first time, these four books collect the beginning of Christopher Tolkien’s forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on Middle-earth, a unique accomplishment that celebrates the greatest invented world in all of fantasy literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46708327055596,"sku":"9780008663162","price":219.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1465733482191.jpg?v=1754054750","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-history-of-middle-earth-boxed-set-1-by-j-r-r-tolkien-9780008663162","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}