What is The History of Middle-earth?
{{italictitle}} '''''The History of Middle-Earth''''', is a series compound by twelve volumes, published in 1983 to 1996, that analyze the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. The book was edited and compiled by his son, [[Christopher Tolkien]]. These books are extremely detailed, [[Christopher Tolkien]] wrote the books based the annotations of his father. But some texts continue not published, they continue in the libraries of [[Bodleian and Marquette University]], and in particular hands, like in ''[[Elvish Linguistic Fellowship]]''. The first five books discuss about the ancient history of [[The Silmarillion]] and relational texts. From the sixth to the ninth, the books discuss about the history of [[Númenor]] in the formation of [[The Notion Club Papers]]. The books ten and eleven back to the [[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]], with the ''[[Annals of Beleriand]]'' and the ''[[Annals of Aman]]''. The twelfth book discuss about the creation of [[Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings']] appendix. The books are: #''[[The Book of Lost Tales 1]]'' (1983) #''[[The Book of Lost Tales 2]]'' (1984) #''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'' (1985) #''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'' (1986) #''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'' (1987) #''[[The Return of the Shadow]]'' (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.1) (1988) #''[[The Treason of Isengard]]'' (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.2) (1989) #''[[The War of the Ring]]'' (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.3) (1990) #''[[Sauron Defeated]]'' (adding The History of The Lord of the Rings v.4) (1992) #''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'' (The Later Silmarillion v.1) (1993) #''[[The War of the Jewels]]'' (The Later Silmarillion v.2) (1994) #''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'' (1996) {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:History of Middle Earth, The}} [[Category:Books by J. R. R. Tolkien]] [[Category:Series of books]] [[Category:British fantasy books]] [[Category:Middle-earth]]