The War of the Jewels

This is the eleventh volume in the History of Middle Earth series by Christopher Tolkien. This one focuses on the development of the later Silmarillion works after the publication of The Lord of the Rings. This was a companion piece to volume 10, Morgoth's Ring. Together, they cover most of the works of Tolkien's legendarium. It is not quite as tough a read as Morgoth's Ring, but it's still only for the die-hard fan looking for intensive detail into the development of the stories. The only part that I had trouble with was the final chapter, which was a detailed description of roots and stems of the different Elvish languages.

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