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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- The Fall of Gondolin: J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
- ISBN
- 0008302758
- EAN
- 9780008302757
- Type
- Hardback
- Binding
- Hardback
- Date of Publication
- 2018-08-30
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Release Title
- The Fall of Gondolin: J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
- Artist
- Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Fall of Gondolin
- Illustrator
- Alan Lee
- Item Height
- 228mm
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Fantasy, Fairy Tale
- Item Width
- 149mm
- Item Weight
- 570g
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Product Information
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwe, chief of the Valar. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of Ulmo's desires and designs. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Turin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's daughter, and their son is Earendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo. At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of Tuor and Idril, with the child Earendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of Earendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources. Following his presentation of Beren and Luthien Christopher Tolkien has used the same 'history in sequence' mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was 'the first real story of this imaginary world' and, together with Beren and Luthien and The Children of Hurin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780008302757
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21046632421
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Fall of Gondolin
Illustrator
Alan Lee
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Fantasy, Fairy Tale
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
228mm
Item Width
149mm
Item Weight
570g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Christopher Tolkien
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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