The children of Húrin
Set in the early days of Middle-Earth, humans and elves, dwarves and dragons, orcs and dark sorcerers clash in an epic battle between good and evil.
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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London :
HarperCollinsAudioBooks,
℗2007.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Series: | Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Middle-Earth universe.
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| Summary: | Set in the early days of Middle-Earth, humans and elves, dwarves and dragons, orcs and dark sorcerers clash in an epic battle between good and evil. |
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| Item Description: | Compact disc. Booklet contains program notes. |
| Physical Description: | 8 audio discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : color illustrations ; 12 cm) + 1 folded map |
| Production Credits: | Production and music by Peter Rinne. |
| ISBN: | 0007263457 9780007263455 |
| Author Notes: | J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892. After serving in the First World War, he became best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, selling 150 million copies in more than 40 languages worldwide. Awarded the CBE and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University, he died in 1973 at the age of 81. Christopher Tolkien, born on 21 November 1924, was the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot. At the end of the war he returned to Oxford University and became a Fellow and Tutor, lecturing on early English and northern literature. He devoted himself after his father's death in 1973 to the editing of his unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, the twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth, and The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin. In 1975 he moved with his wife Baillie to live in France. He died in 2020 at the age of 95. |
