From Library Journal
As the title indicates, this is a collection of odds and ends from different ages of Middle-earth ranging from the First Age until Sauron's defeat. For diehards only. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

ANNOTATION

J.R.R. Tolkien's many fans have waited years for the paperback publication of this, his last work. Here, mythic lore and forgotten legends, unearthed by Christopher Tolkien from his father's archives, unveil stories of the three ages of ancient Middle-earth. This book will be a must-have for the legion of Tolkien fans everywhere.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. The book concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan and the journey of the Black Riders during the hunt for the Ring. Unfinished Tales also contains the only surviving story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about the Five Wizards sent to Middle-earth as emissaries of the Valar, about the Seeing Stones known as the Palantiri, and about the legend of Amroth. Unfinished Tales is avowedly for those who, to the contrary, have not yet sufficiently explored Middle-earth, its languages, its legends, it politics, and its kings.

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