The Fall of Gondolin

Tolkien, J. R. R.

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: HarperCollins, 2018

0008302758 / 9780008302757

Serie: Buch 7 von 8 - Lord of the Rings

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Fine condition.HarperCollins,2018.First UK edition-13th printing (13). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine), with Dj (small crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w drawings and a folded map inside the back cover.Illustrations by Alan Lee. The book is new with a small crease on the edges of the pages. 304pp including List of plates,list of illustrations,list of names, additional notes,glossary. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Book Description: 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 Manwë, 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 Túrin, 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 Eärendel, 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 Eärendel, 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 Eärendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources. Following his presentation of Beren and Lúthien 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 Lúthien and The Children of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days. …

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Titel
The Fall of Gondolin
Autor
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Verlag
HarperCollins
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
Zustand
New
Schutzumschlag
New
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0008302758
ISBN-13
9780008302757
Illustrator
Lee, Alan
Auflage
1st Edition
Serie
Buch 7 von 8: Lord of the Rings
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