Tolkien's last unfinished book has been completed by his son. Begun in 1918 and revised several times, the tale was never completed by Tolkien before his death. Read the article from the Independent. HarperCollins is the publisher and the contents are being "jealously guarded." However, the Tolkien estate has released this synopsis: "The Children of Húrin takes the reader back to a time long before The Lord of the Rings, in an area of Middle-earth that was to be drowned before ever Hobbits appeared, and when the great enemy was still the fallen Vala, Morgoth, and Sauron only his lieutenant. This heroic romance is the tale of the Man, Húrin, who dared to defy Morgoth's force of evil, and his family's tragic destiny, as it follows his son Túrin Turambar's travails through the lost world of Beleriand."
Monday, March 26, 2007
Tolkien Jr completes Lord of Rings
Tolkien's last unfinished book has been completed by his son. Begun in 1918 and revised several times, the tale was never completed by Tolkien before his death. Read the article from the Independent. HarperCollins is the publisher and the contents are being "jealously guarded." However, the Tolkien estate has released this synopsis: "The Children of Húrin takes the reader back to a time long before The Lord of the Rings, in an area of Middle-earth that was to be drowned before ever Hobbits appeared, and when the great enemy was still the fallen Vala, Morgoth, and Sauron only his lieutenant. This heroic romance is the tale of the Man, Húrin, who dared to defy Morgoth's force of evil, and his family's tragic destiny, as it follows his son Túrin Turambar's travails through the lost world of Beleriand."
