The Book of Lost Tales, Part One

The Book of Lost Tales 1 stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in the narratve frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or Ælfwine) to Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true story, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves; Dwarves and Orcs; the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; Nargothrond and Gondolin; and the geography and cosmology of the invented world.

• Author
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 367

• Series
• The History of Middle-Earth

• Publisher
• Del Rey/Ballantine Books

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780345375216

• Characters
• Eriol, Rúmil

• Genres
• fantasy, fiction, classics, literature, adventure, mythology

• Release date
• 1992