Great Tales of Middle-Earth Box Set: The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, t

<p><strong><em>The Great Tales of Middle-earth</em> is a beautiful box set of the three final novels of Middle-earth: <em>The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, </em> and <em>The Fall of Gondolin</em>, packaged together and ready for gifting. Completing Christopher Tolkien's lifelong achievement as the curator of his father J.R.R. Tolkien's manuscripts, <em>The Great Tales</em> features handsome color plates and maps by famed illustrator Alan Lee and a map by Christopher Tolkien.</strong></p><p><em>The Children of Húrin</em> was the first standalone story by J.R.R. Tolkien since the 1977 publication of <em>The Silmarillion</em>. Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest heroes among elves and men have perished, and all is in darkness and despair. But a new warrior arises, Túrin, son of Húrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earth--awaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him.</p><p><em>Beren and Lúthien</em> was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of <em>The Silmarillion</em>, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an imp