DAY, DAVID
A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of Middle-earth.nnThe fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkienu2019s Middle-earth contains a rich assortment of people, cities, and creaturesu2014as well as a deep, intertwined history that spans thousands of years. In this beautifully illustrated, leather-bound volume, best-selling author and Tolkien scholar David Day presents four decades of research and writing on the lands and inhabitants of Middle-earth. Sections of this A-to-Z dictionary are devoted to discussion of the battles, history, beasts, and heroes of Tolkienu2019s stories, and are accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. This comprehensive volume on Tolkienu2019s world also includes an appendix of three primary legends that served as sources for Tolkienu2019s creationsu2014the Volsunga saga, the Nibelungenlied, and Richard Wagneru2019s Ring Cycleu2014and more than 200 black-and-white illustrations.
