The Shaping of Middle-Earth

the Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the annals, together with the earliest 'Silmarillion' and the first map

by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

1986 380 pages eng

In this truly indispensable reference, trace the development of the early lore of Middle-earth. Poems and prose, maps and chronologies, detours and diversions along the road to Middle-earth -- Christopher Tolkien has gathered archival materials that his late father, J.R.R. Tolkien, used to create th…