Beren and Luthien

Informationen zum Autor J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion , plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Christopher Tolkien, born on 24 November 1924, was the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. As his father’s literary executor, he devoted over forty years to the publication of his father’s unpublished works, from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin , and within 'The History of Middle-earth' series, and was awarded the Bodley Medal for his services to literature in 2016. He died in January 2020 at the age of 95. Klappentext Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien's Middle-earth. Zusammenfassung Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Luthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien's Middle-earth.

Report

'A seamless editorial construct, the capstone to a job Christopher Tolkien began with The Silmarillion'
New Statesman
'Critical moments are caught, as in The Children of Húrin, by Alan Lee's nine outstanding colour plates'
Times Literary Supplement
Praise for The Children of Húrin:
'I hope that its universality and power will grant it a place in English mythology'
Independent on Sunday
'The darkest of all Tolkien's tales. Alan Lee's illustrations complement the writing splendidly'
Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: John R R Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• Assisted by: Alan Lee (Illustration), Christopher Tolkien (Editor), Tolkien Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.04.2022
• EAN: 9780008503963
• ISBN: 978-0-00-850396-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 177 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, Adventure, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Fantasy / Epic, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Adventure / action fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary