Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien

Classics

This is a beautifully presented revised and reset edition of "The Silmarillion", illustrated by celebrated Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith - designed to match and complement the illustrated "Lord of The Rings". J R R Tolkien's "Silmarillion" is the core work of the Middle-earth canon. It is in this dense and often neglected masterpiece that the entire cosmology for the background for "The Hobbit" and, particularly, "The Lord of The Rings" is documented. This revised and reset volume contains fabulous tales of heroes and monsters, and the history of the Elves and of the Silmarils - the magical jewels produced by the Children of Iluvatar, or Elves (humans being the Younger Children of Iluvatar); it tells of the creation of Middle-earth, and the coming of Men into the world; it chronicles the early battles between good and evil, forces of light and dark, which foreshadow the great conflict with Sauron, the Dark Lord, in "Lord of The Rings". These tales of Middle-earth were published posthumously in 1977.