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Genre/Form: | Fantasy fiction Epic fiction Fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
J R R Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien; Alan Lee |
ISBN: | 9781328613042 1328613046 |
OCLC Number: | 1031309781 |
Description: | 302 pages, 490: illustrations (chiefly color), map (foldout), genealogical table ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Prologue -- The original tale -- The earliest text -- Turlin and the exiles of Gondolin -- The story told in the Sketch of the mythology -- The story told in the Quenta Noldorinwa -- The last version -- t The evolution of the story -- Conclusion. |
Responsibility: | by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien ; with illustrations by Alan Lee. |
Abstract:
Evil Morgoth rules over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Ulmo, the Lord of Waters, opposes him. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin. Guided unseen by Ulmo, Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin. The story -- only ninety-five pages long-- is accompanied by variant forms as well as essays and commentaries on Tolkien's work and on the source material.
The final work of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, completing Christopher Tolkien's life-long achievement as the editor and curator of his father's manuscripts.
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