Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

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 As his father’s literary executor, he devoted over forty years to the publication of his father’s unpublished works, from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin , and within 'The History of Middle-earth' series, and was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. Zusammenfassung The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien! which tells the epic story of the Norse hero! Sigurd! the dragon-slayer! the revenge of his wife! Gudrun! and the Fall of the Nibelungs.

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"Will appeal strongly to readers already haunted by the deeper, more sombre musics of Middle-earth" The Times
"This is the most unexpected of Tolkien's many posthumous publications; his son's 'Commentary' is a model of informed accessibility; the poems stand comparison with their Eddic models, and there is little poetry in the world like those" Times Literary Supplement
"The compact verse form is ideally suited to describing impact... elsewhere it achieves a stark beauty" Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• Assisted by: Christopher Tolkien (Editor), Tolkien Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780007317233
• ISBN: 978-0-00-731723-3
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 632 g
• Series: Tolkien; Tolkien
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; POETRY / General, Poetry, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales