The Book of Lost Tales Part 1 - (History of Middle-Earth (Paperback)) by J R R Tolkien (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Reprinted by special arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company"--T.p. verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The extraordinary history of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien</b> <p/><i>The Book of Lost Tales</i> stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or Ælfwine) to Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves; Dwarves and Orcs; the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; Nargothrond and Gondolin; and the geography and cosmology of the invented world. <p/><b>Praise for <i>Book of Lost Tales 1</i></b> <p/>"In these tales we have the scholar joyously gamboling in the thickets of his imagination. . . . A commentary and notes greatly enrich the quest."<b>--<i>The Daily Telegraph</i></b> <p/>"Affords us an almost over-the-shoulder view into the evolving creative process and genius of J.R.R. Tolkien in a new, exciting aspect . . .The superb, sensitive, and extremely helpful commentary and editing done by Christopher Tolkien make all of this possible."<b>--Mythlore</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"In these tales we have the scholar joyously gamboling in the thickets of his imagination. . . . A commentary and notes greatly enrich the quest."<b>--<i>The Daily Telegraph</i></b> <p/>"Affords us an almost over-the-shoulder view into the evolving creative process and genius of J.R.R. Tolkien in a new, exciting aspect . . .The superb, sensitive, and extremely helpful commentary and editing done by Christopher Tolkien make all of this possible."<b>--Mythlore</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Ronald Reuel Tolkien</b> was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as <i>The Hobbit </i>and<i> The Lord of the Rings</i>. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.
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