The Fall of Numenor
Book description
J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume complete with new illustrations in watercolor and pencil by renowned artist Alan Lee.
J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a "dark age, and not very much of its history…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Fall of Numenor as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Tolkien is my all-time favorite author. The material in this book had appeared before, but was scattered all over in books published over several decades.
Bringing all this material together and organizing it in a more coherent fashion makes the stories come alive like never before and allows the reader to more easily situate them within the grand scope of Tolkien’s mythology. Moreover, the depth, beauty, and complexity of the writing demonstrate just how much more erudite Tolkien was than most of the hacks posing as fantasy authors today. You get a real sense of the history of Middle Earth.…
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