{"product_id":"beren-and-lthien-9781328791825","title":"Beren and Lúthien","description":"The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Lúthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published on the tenth anniversary of the last Middle-earth book, the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Children of Húrin\u003c\/em\u003e, this new volume similarly includes drawings and color plates by Alan Lee, who also illustrated \u003cem\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/em\u003e and went on to win Academy Awards for his work on\u003cem\u003e The Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e film trilogy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tolkien, J. R. R.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328791825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d","brand":"J. R. R. Tolkien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39818311270475,"sku":"9781328791825","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_cec1353e-dd70-4202-aae4-2d8f36c3fbbe.jpg?v=1659408925","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/beren-and-lthien-9781328791825","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}