The Children of Húrin

Tolkien, J R R

| 2007

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There are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World. In that remote time Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in the vast fortress of Angband, the Hells of Iron, in the North; and the tragedy of Túrin and his sister Nienor unfolded within the shadow of the fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the lands and secret cities of the Elves. Their brief and passionate lives were dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bore them as the children of Húrin, the man who had dared to defy and to scorn him to his face. Against them he sent his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless...

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Katja Fagerström

2014-12-03

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Riktigt tråkig...

Nils Thor

2010-05-26

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En mycket tragisk berättelse. Den var mycket bra.

Erik Hoff

2009-06-13

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Tillför inget till sagan om Turin Turambar som finns i både Silmarillion och de förlorade sagornas bok men ändå väldigt underhållande att läsa