'In my ninety-third year this is (presumptively) my last book in the long series of editions of my father's writings,'…
When the elder Tolkien died in 1973, he left behind a trove of notes, drafts, and unpublished writings. Readers across the world had fallen in love with, but one of the reasons those novels feel so grand and magical is the constant references to the greater mythology of Middle-earth. Aragorn and Arwen, who are in love despite their differences as mortal man and immortal elf, are often compared to Beren and Lúthien, but their full story is not elaborated.
Christopher spent four years going through these writings until he was able to publish a streamlined narrative of Middle-earth’s so-called “Elder Days,” from the literal creation of the world through the fall of Sauron’s evil predecessor Morgoth and even into the Atlantis-like sinking of, the great human kingdom of which Aragorn is a descendant.
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