The History of Middle-earth. The Book of Lost Tales 1 HarperCollins (370395136)

Вдоль Silmarillion, Hobbit and Lord of Rings, earliest myths and legends Middle-earth and Valinor were laid down in the Book of Lost Tales, written by JR.R. Толкин между 1916 и 1920, и соответствующий Christopher Tolkien для создания в 1983. Book of Lost Tales stands at beginning of entire conception the middle-earth and Valinor, for the Tales were the first form of myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend, они являются набором в narrative frame of great westward voyage of the Ocean by mariner named Eriol to lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; от тех, кто удостоен их true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. В Талах есть начальные средства из Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; из Silmarils and Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkien's invented world. Это первое место в Christopher Tolkien's episty historic of earth series is perfect gateway for anyone wanting to tread deeper in the rich tapestry of Tolkien's world and discover the evolution of the Middle-earth stories.