The Children Of Húrin
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Christopher Tolkien
One of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of Húrin takes place in Middle-earth thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.The Children of Húrin is the first complete book by Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The Silmarillion. Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest warriors among elves and men have perished, and all is in darkness and despair. But a deadly new leader rises, Túrin, son of Húrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earth—awaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him.
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Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Pages
320
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2012-02-15
ISBN
0547952104 9780547952109
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"This book gets three stars for being literary Ambien. I listened to the Christopher Lee audiobook and I have never slept so well in my life. It seemed to only actually get into the story in the final quarter and before was like a big preface where historical events were described as if from above instead of being conveyed on the vehicle of adventure and dialog. This seems typical of the posthumous releases where JRR had a stub of a story with a lot of surrounding notes. While Christopher is good at compiling and curratinf his father's collection of notes, he just doesn't have the chops to refine them into an engaging narrative. <br/>But that's fine. I would never have struggled though this reading it myself but Christopher Lee did the heavy lifting here fantastically and took me away to Middle Earth and put me to sleep in under 20 minutes every time."
Bridget Anne
"Amazing love the story. Not like the silmarillian at all. "
Reid Miller
"A Shakespearean tragedy in the format of a Norse saga; a beautiful work of literature, imo"
Matthew Boling
"Amazing...its was a little hard to follow the language...but never the less I still enjoyed it ...it gave tragedy this painfully ironic feel..loved it! was glad to read something that didn't have a typical happy ending!!!!"
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