THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH :

THE TREASON OF ISENGARD
First published in 1989, by Unwin Hyman. Volume 7 of The History of Middle-earth series. Volume 2 of The History of The Lord of the Rings series.

"An opportunity, rarely granted readers, to see the creative process at work."

~ Hartford Courant

This seventh volume of "The History of Middle-earth" continues the account of the creation of "The Lord of the Rings" started in the earlier volume, "The Return of the Shadow." It traces the great expansion of the tale into new lands and new peoples south and east of the Misty Mountains: the emergence of Lothlórien, of Ents, of the Riders of Rohan, and of Saruman the White in the fortress of Isengard.

In brief outlines, and pencilled drafts dashed down on scraps of paper, are seen the first entry of Galadriel, the earliest ideas of the history of Gondor, and the original meeting of Aragorn and Éowyn, its significance destined to be wholly transformed. Edited with meticulous care and many helpful commentaries by Christopher Tolkien, the book also contains a full account of the original map which was to be the basis of the emerging geography of Middle-earth; and an appendix examines the Runic alphabets and an analysis of the Book of Mazarbul found beside Balin's tomb in Moria.

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