The Children of Húrin
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Author
Contributions
- Christopher Tolkien (Editor) - Contributor
- Alan Lee (Illustrator) - Contributor
Publication
2007-04-17 - Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7606575M
- ISBN-139780618894642
- ISBN-100618894640
- OCLC Control Number78790549
- Library of Congress Control Number2007001420
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- Goodreads23591
- LibraryThing1907912
Classifications
- LCCPR6039.O32 N37 2007
- LCCPR6039.O32 N37 2007b
Description
The ‘Great Tale’ of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire. Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung manipulates the fates of Turin and Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth.
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