About This Book

In a story that takes readers back to Middle-earth, Túrin appears first as a boy sent to grow up with Thingol and away from his mother in Dor-lómin, and later as a man battling with outlaws, Elves, and Men while searching for both his family and his love.Painstakingly restored from Tolkien s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and stand alone story, the epic tale of The Children of Húrin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien.

About the Authors or Illustrators

J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien was a professor at England's Oxford University and a respected scholar of medieval literature. But he is best known as the author of the fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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