The Children of Húrin

Tolkien, J. R. R., hristopher Tolkien [ed.], illustrated by Alan Lee

ISBN 10: 0007252269 / ISBN 13: 9780007252268

Edité par HarperCollins, 2008

A propos de cet article

2008 1st impression paperback. With 8 colour plates, plus b/w in-text illustrations by Alan Lee. Condition: Very good. Minor edgewear. A couple of small marks to front, small indentation ot back. Spine sunned. Pages bright. Size: 8x5in / 20x13cm. 313pp. Weight: 370g.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1744222694615

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Children of Húrin
• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0007252269
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780007252268
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Fantasy and Sci Fi
  • Illustrated
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, this illustrated paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Húrin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, dragons, Dwarves and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien.

It is a legendary time long before The Lord of the Rings, and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Túrin and his sister Niënor will be tragically entwined.

Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Húrin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth, and destroy the children of Húrin.

Begun by J.R.R. Tolkien at the end of the First World War, The Children of Húrin became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a final and finished form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed, after long study of the manuscripts, a coherent narrative without any editorial invention.

J.R.R. Tolkien's book 'The Fall of Númenor' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2022-11-07.

À propos des auteurs

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Alan Lee was invited to illustrate the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, which led to further Tolkien editions, including The Hobbit and the three ‘Great Tales’: The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin. He worked as Conceptual Designer and Set Decorator on both Middle-earth film trilogies, receiving the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on The Return of the King.

Christopher Tolkien, born on 24 November 1924, was the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. As his father’s literary executor, he devoted over forty years to the publication of his father’s unpublished works, from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin, and within 'The History of Middle-earth' series, and was awarded the Bodley Medal for his services to literature in 2016. He died in January 2020 at the age of 95.