The Fall of Gondolin - J. R. R. Tolkien - Harper Thorsons
The Fall of Gondolin
J. R. R. Tolkien
Harper Thorsons
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Ürün Tanıtımı
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwe, chief of the Valar.
Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but
undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt
in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to
Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies
by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while
the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of
Ulmo's desires and designs.
Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Turin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs.
Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful
journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of
Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the
midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's
daughter, and their son is Earendel, whose birth and profound importance in
days to come is foreseen by Ulmo.
At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme
treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with
Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of
the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of Tuor and Idril, with the
child Earendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee
southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a
new story, the Tale of Earendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is
sketched out in this book from other sources.
Following his presentation of Beren and Luthien Christopher Tolkien has used
the same 'history in sequence' mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall
of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was 'the first real story of
this imaginary world' and, together with Beren and Luthien and The Children of
Hurin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days.
Özellikler
Basım Dili: İngilizce
Sayfa Sayısı: 304
En / Boy: 14 / 21 cm
Kağıt Cinsi: 2. Hamur
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Baskı Sayısı: 1