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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 Túrin and his sister Niënor will be trsgically entwined. Their brief and passionate l 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 Túrin and his sister Niënor will be trsgically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Húrin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidible servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth and destroy the children of Húrin. I hope that its universality and power will grant it a place in English mythology - Independent on Sunday The darkest of all Tolkeins tales. Alan Lees illustrations complement the writing splendidly - Times Literary Supplement

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 Túrin and his sister Niënor will be trsgically entwined. Their brief and passionate l 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...  Read More