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03854aam a22005297i 4500 001 1623B92E720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221202010048 008 220728s2022 nyua 000 1 eng d 020 $a 006328068X 020 $a 9780063280687 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1337588486 040 $a QQ3 $b eng $c QQ3 $d TP7 $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d IEB $d SILO 100 1 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973, $e author. 240 10 $a Works. $k Selections 245 14 $a The fall of NuÌmenor : $b and other tales from the second age of Middle-Earth / $c edited by Brian Sibley ; with illustrations by Alan Lee. 250 $a First US edition. 260 $a New York, NY : $b William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2022] 300 $a xxxi, 296 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 520 $a J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-duÌr and the rise of Sauron. It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father's death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book's content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of NuÌmenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the NuÌmenoÌreans' power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of NuÌmenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien's magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form. Now, adhering to the timeline of The Tale of Years in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of Tolkien from the various published texts, with new illustrations in watercolor and pencil by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee. 650 0 $a Middle Earth (Imaginary place) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Lee, Alan, $e illustrator. 700 1 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973. $t Silmarillion. 941 $a 21 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013308.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314024521.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20240126010630.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207015011.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206011849.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231121010450.0 952 $l MOPB553 $d 20230826010456.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230404010833.0 952 $l ZUPD675 $d 20230329011612.0 952 $l TSPC862 $d 20230329010853.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20230221010735.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20230218010847.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210025030.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011748.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20230203012640.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230111010500.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230106011058.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230104013420.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20221208011709.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20221208010133.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20221202011138.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1623B92E720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search