the twelve-volume History of Middle-earth (1983–1996), the three great tales of the First Age, as well as several books on various non-Middle-earth mythologies, such as on the Nibelungenlied ...

monsters and warriors that cover Middle-earth's history. The two previous books were focused on representing scenes from both The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit. Here, with Armies Of Middle-earth, ...

Tolkien's first book set in Middle-earth was The Hobbit ... the same format (in that they read more like world-building historical accounts rather than being coherent stories with a traditional ...

Tolkien's son did this but agonized over what to include, resulting in him following up The Silmarillion with the 12-volume The History of Middle-earth book series, compiled of works that were ...

Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the ...