Героическое фэнтези — Толкин Джон Рональд Руэл

Building the story begun in The Hobbit and continuing the adventures of The Fellowship of the Ring, this is the second part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring the definitive text, hyperlinked footnotes and page references, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the...

Repackaged to feature Tolkien’s own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, ‘On Fairy-stories’ and the story that exemplifies this, ‘Leaf by Niggle’, together with the poem ‘Mythopoeia’ and the verse drama, ‘The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth’, which tells of the events following the disastrous Battle of Maldon.Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien discusses the nature of fairy-tales...

The popular paperback edition with a cover design by Tolkien himself, to complement the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings paperbacks. Includes a special preface by J.R.R. Tolkien.The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord,...

Трилогия «Властелин Колец» бесспорно возглавляет список «культовых» книг ХХ века. Ее автор, Дж. Р.Р. Толкин, профессор Оксфордского университета, специалист по древнему и средневековому английскому языку, создал удивительный мир – Средиземье, который вот уже без малого пятьдесят лет неодолимо влечет к себе миллионы читателей. Великолепная кинотрилогия, снятая Питером Джексоном, в десятки раз увеличила ряды поклонников как Толкина, так и самого жанра героического фэнтези.

This new ebook version of Tolkien's timeless classic presents readers with a plethora of full colour images of the original letters alongside the transcribed text, offering a truly engrossing reading experience.Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.They told wonderful tales of life at...

Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring the definitive text and a detailed map of Middle-earth.Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring – the ring that rules them all – which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo...

Перед вами трилогия "Властелин Колец". Своеобразная "Библия от фэнтези". Книга Книг ХХ века. Самое популярное, самое читаемое, самое культовое произведение ушедшего столетия. Во второй книге, "Две твердыни", отряд хранителей Кольца распадается, а война приходит на земли Рохана - государства вольных Всадников, союзников Гондора. Арагорн, Гимли и Леголас вместе с младшими хоббитами помогают рохирримам в жестокой битве против сил темного мага Сарумана, дорога же Фродо и Сэма лежит к Изгарным горам...