The Lord of the Rings - Three Volume Edition

"The Silmarillion" tells the gods and hero sagas of Middle-earth from the creation of the world to the beginning of the Third Age, in which the Hobbits live."The Silmarillion" recounts the events of the First Age - that distant epoch of Middle-earth, to which the heroes of "The Lord of the Rings" always look back with awe. Some of them, like Elrond and Galadriel, but also Sauron, have experienced it. It is the time of the Elves, the long-lived, who love things so much that they give everything a name. Humans are just emerging from the wilds of the East.Although the "Silmarillion" was only published long after the author's death by his son, it was created earlier than "The Lord of the Rings". The stories about Middle-earth had become a tradition for Tolkien over more than fifty years, to which he finally stood more as a philologist or historian than an "inventor". And so the hobbits and their companions in "The Lord of the Rings" entered this already finished world, the firm ground of the legend under their feet.

Two of the greatest powers of Middle-earth face each other in 'The Fall of Gondolin': on one side Morgoth, the embodiment of evil and on the other Ulmo, the lord of the seas, lakes and rivers under the sky. At the centre of their conflict is the hidden elven city of Gondolin. Turgon, King of Gondolin, is hated by Morgoth more than anything else. For a long time, the dark lord has been trying to find and destroy Gondolin, but in vain.Into this world comes Tuor and becomes the tool of Ulmo's plan. Guided by him, Tuor sets off on the dangerous journey to Gondolin and reaches the hidden city. There he marries Idril, Turgon's daughter. Their son is Earendil, who is destined to become the most famous sailor of the First Age. Through a vile traitor, Morgoth learns how he can launch a devastating attack against the city, with Balrogs, dragons and countless orcs. The doom takes its course. In this edition, Christopher Tolkien uses a similar depiction of the development of the story as in 'Beren and Lúthien'. For J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Fall of Gondolin' was the first real story from this imaginary world, and like 'Beren and Lúthien' and 'The Children of Húrin' he counted it among the three Great Stories of the First Age of Middle-earth. The Fall of Gondolin was edited by Christopher Tolkien and completes the three great stories that began in 2007 with 'The Children of Húrin' and continued in 2017 with 'Beren and Lúthien'. This new volume includes numerous colour plates by the famous Tolkien artist Alan Lee.