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One of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of H rin takes place in Middle-earth thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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"There are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but that were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the... Read Full Overview

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of 'The Children of Hurin' will reunite fans of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles... Read Full Overview

Long before the One Ring was forged in the fires of Mount Doom, one man--H rin--dared to defy Morgoth, the first and greatest of the dark lords to plague Middle-earth. Thus did he and his children, T rin and Ni nor, earn the enmity of a merciless foe that would shape the destiny... Read Full Overview

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of H rin is one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days. This paperback edition includes eight color paintings by renowned Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee and a black-and-white map.

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Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and stand alone story, the epic tale of The Children of H rin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves,... Read Full Overview