This new hardcover edition brings together the first five volumes of The History of MiddleearthThe Book of Lost Tales Parts 1 and 2 The Lays of Beleriand The Shaping of Middleearth and The Lost Roadinto one volume. J.R.R. Tolkien is famous the world over for his unique literary creation exemplified in The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. What is less well known however is that he also produced a vast amount of further material that greatly expands upon the mythology and numerous stories of Middleearth and which gives added life to the thousandyear war between the Elves and the evil spirit Morgoth and his terrifying lieutenant Sauron. It was to this enormous task of literary construction that Tolkiens youngest son and literary heir Christopher applied himself to produce the monumental and endlessly fascinating series of twelve volumes The History of Middleearth. show more