History of Middle-earth

The Book of Lost Tales: Part One is the first of a two-volume set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916-17 when he was twenty-five years old and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth

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As friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis embarked on a challenge. Lewis was to write on space-travel and Tolkien on time-travel. Lewiss novel Out of the Silent Planet became the first book of a science fiction trilogy. Tolkiens unfinished story The Lost Road chronicles the original destruction of Nmenor, a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth. In this intriguing volume,...