These tales of Middle-earth were published posthumously in 1977. This new paperback volume contains fabulous tales of heroes and monsters, and the history of the Silmarils - the magical jewels produced by Feanor, most gifted Lord of the Elves it tells of the creation of Middle-earth, and the coming of Men into the world it chronicles the early epic battles between good and evil, forces of light and dark, which foreshadow the great conflict with Sauron, the Dark Lord, in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. It is in this complex and often neglected masterpiece that the entire cosmology for the background for THE HOBBIT and, particularly, THE LORD OF THE RINGS is documented. J R R Tolkien's SILMARILLION is the core work of the Middle-earth canon. For the first time in paperback, a fully illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, with colour plates by the celebrated artist Ted Nasmith - designed to match the rest of the Tolkien series.
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