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The Children of Húrin

J.R.R. Tolkien

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About this work

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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Edition identifiers ISBN-10 9752733786 · ISBN-13 9789752733787

Subjects

  • Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Tierra Media (Lugar imaginario)
  • Fiction
  • Novela fantástica
  • Open Library Staff Picks
  • Ficción
  • English fiction
  • nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-11-09
  • New York Times bestseller
  • Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, epic
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paperbackNov 03, 2007 · Ithaki Yayinlari
paperback2007 · Ithaki
Cover of Hùrin'in Çocukları
Extent
358 pages
Language
TUR
ISBN-10
9752733832
EAN-13
9789752733831
paperbackOct 30, 2017 · Ithaki Yayinlari
Cover of Hurin'in Cocuklari
Extent
256 pages
Language
TUR
ISBN-10
605776238X
EAN-13
9786057762382