The second of two companion volumes that documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic narrative of the war.

In The War of the Jewels, Christopher Tolkien continues the narrative of the later history of The Silmarillion from where it left off in Morgoth’s Ring. The story now returns to Middle-earth and the devastating conflict of the High Elves and the Men who were their allies with the power of the Dark Lord. With the publication of this book, all of J.R.R. Tolkien's later narrative work concerning the last centuries of the First Age is completed, and the long history of The Silmarillion, from its beginning in The Book of Lost Tales, is fully understood.

This book includes the full text of the Grey Annals, the primary reference for The War of the Jewels, and an important Middle-earth story published for the first time: the account of the destruction that befell the woodland dwellers of Brethil when Hurin the Steadfast came among them after being released from many years of captivity in Angband, the fortress of Morgoth.

Pages: 496, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm