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J.R.R.Tolkienisfamousforhisliterarycreation,exemplifiedinTheHobbit,TheLordoftheRingsandTheSilmarillion.HealsoproducedavastamountoffurthermaterialthatexpandsuponthemythologyandnumerousstoriesofMiddle-Earth,andwhichgivesaddedlifetothethousand-yearwarbetweentheElvesandtheevilspiritMorgoth,andhisterrifyinglieutenant,Sauron.ItwastothistaskofliteraryconstructionthatTolkien'syoungestsonandliteraryheir,Christopher,appliedhimselfto,producingtheseriesoftwelvebooks,TheHistoryofMiddle-Earth.ThishardbackeditionbringstogetherthefirstfivevolumesofTheCompleteHistoryofMiddle-earth:TheBookofLostTalesParts1and2,TheLaysofBeleriand,TheShapingofMiddle-EarthandTheLostRoad.ItfeaturesdozensofraremapsandillustrationsdrawnbyJ.R.R.Tolkien.