Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, and must now continue their journey alone down the River Anduin.

THE TWO TOWERS - THE LORD OF THE RINGS V.2

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of first publication, a new de luxe edition of The Silmarillion, featuring the revised, reset text, a colour frontispiece illustration, bound in special materials and presented in a matching slipcase.  The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien''s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.  Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.  For the first time, we are publishing a deluxe edition of this pivotal work, featuring the revised, corrected text and including, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth. Quarter-bound, and set in a matching slipcase, this attractive edition will prove a fine addition to any Tolkien collection.

THE SILMARILLION - DELUXE EDITION

La Formation de la Terre du Milieu présente le « vrai » Silmarillion tel que J.R.R. Tolkien l'a conçu dans les années 1920-1930, bien avant d'écrire Le Seigneur des Anneaux, dont il forme le décor. La Formation de la Terre du Milieu est un volume crucial puisque l'on y trouve non seulement la version « authentique » du Silmarillion - racontant la création du monde, l'apparition des dieux et des Elfes, les premières batailles et l'histoire de héros comme Túrin -, mais aussi des cartes en couleur ou en noir et blanc absolument inédites en français, accompagnées d'un commentaire éclairant, complétées par des chronologies et des textes historiques sous forme d'annales. L'écriture de ce quatrième volume de l'Histoire de la Terre du Milieu, à la fois épique et romanesque, témoigne de la maturité à laquelle sont parvenues les légendes de Tolkien, dix ans après les premières versions publiées dans Le Livre des Contes Perdus puis les poèmes des Lais du Beleriand. Même si L'Histoire de la Terre du Milieu se situe dans leur continuité, ce livre peut être lu seul, pour profiter des véritables trésors qu'il contient - dans une langue magnifiquement rendue en français par Daniel Lauzon.

Histoire de la terre du milieu Tome 4 : la formation de la terre du milieu

Les Deux Tours, deuxième partie du Seigneur des Anneaux, poursuit le récit des aventures de Frodo et de ses compagnons, lancés dans leur périple en Terre du Milieu. Tandis que Merry et Pippin rencontrent les fascinants Ents de la forêt de Fangorn, Aragorn, Gimli et Legolas affrontent les Orques et les Cavaliers du Rohan, avant de rencontrer un mystérieux cavalier blanc. Frodo et Sam, de leur côté, suivent Gollum le long des chemins périlleux qui mènent vers le royaume du Mordor, le seul lieu où l'Anneau pourrait être détruit. Chef d'oeuvre de la fantasy, Le Seigneur des Anneaux est sans équivalent par sa puissance d'évocation, son souffle et son ampleur. Dans ce deuxième tome, la fresque de Tolkien prend toute sa grandeur, se déploie aux quatre coins de la Terre du Milieu et nous fait vibrer à chaque page pour les nombreux héros de cette lutte contre le Mal.
Cette nouvelle traduction (2015) prend en compte la dernière version du texte anglais, les indications laissées par Tolkien à l'intention des traducteurs et les découvertes permises par les publications posthumes proposées par Christopher Tolkien.

Thierry Janssen continue à nous entraîner au coeur de cette épopée en parvenant à incarner chaque personnage de manière remarquable, tout en faisant résonner la beauté de la langue de Tolkien.

Le seigneur des anneaux Tome 2 : les deux tours

Le seigneur des anneaux

Volume 1 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer and who's who.

 The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century.

 One of two volumes comprising this definitive work, the Chronology traces J. R. R. Tolkien's progress from his birth in South Africa in 1892, to the battlefields of France and the lecture-halls of Leeds and Oxford, to his success as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, until his death in 1973.

 It is the most extensive biographical resource about Tolkien ever published. Thousands of details have been drawn from letters, contemporary documents in libraries and archives, and a wide variety of other published and unpublished sources. Assembled together, they form a revealing portrait of Tolkien in all his aspects: the distinguished scholar of Old and Middle English, the capable teacher and administrator, the devoted husband and father, the brilliant creator of Middle-earth.

The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Volume 1: Chronology

First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien''s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien''s magnificent world. It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. 
           For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as profound as Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Numenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards! 
           This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter, one of the world''s leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien''s shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.

THE NATURE OF MIDDLE-EARTH

The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

 This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a priviledged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world - those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of The Children of Hurin, narrating on a grand scale the tragedy of Turin Turambar. The second is the moving Lay of Leithian, the chief source of the tale of Beren and Luthien in The Silmarillion, telling of the Quest of the Silmaril and the encounter with Morgoth in his subterranean fortress.

 Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the Elder Days. Also included is the notable criticism of The Lay of The Leithian by CS Lewis, who read the poem in 1929.

The Lays of Beleriand

Four-volume boxed-set edition of The Lord of the Rings in hardback, featuring Tolkien's original unused dust-jacket designs, together with fourth hardback volume, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion. Includes special features and the definitive edition of the text.

THE TWO TOWERS - THE LORD OF THE RINGS V.2

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