{"product_id":"9780261103245_the-war-of-the-jewels","title":"The War of the Jewels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe second of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e, Tolkien’s epic tale of war.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Jewels\u003c\/em\u003e Christopher Tolkien takes up his account of the later history of \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e from the point where it was left in \u003cem\u003eMorgoth’s Ring\u003c\/em\u003e. The story now returns to Middle-earth, and the ruinous conflict of the High Elves and the Men who were their allies with the power of the Dark Lord. With the publication in this book all of J.R.R. Tolkien’s later narrative writing concerned with the last centuries of the First Age, the long history of \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e, from its beginning in \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Lost Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, is completed; and the enigmatic state of the work at his death can be understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains the full text of the Grey Annals, the primary record of \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Jewels\u003c\/em\u003e, and a major story of Middle-earth now published for the first time: the tale of the disaster that overtook the forest people of Brethil when Hurin the Steadfast came among them after his release from long years of captivity in Angband, the fortress of Morgoth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J R R Tolkien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896573874325,"sku":"9780261103245","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780261103245.jpg?v=1776888285","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780261103245_the-war-of-the-jewels","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}