Title: The Fall of Gondolin
Title Record # 2391999
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Date: 2018-08-30
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Fall of Gondolin
Language: English
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Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Date: 2018-08-30
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Fall of Gondolin
Language: English
Note: Novel-length version of "The Fall of Gondolin". Based on J. R. R. Tolkien's text and notes arranged and edited by Christopher Tolkien.
Synopsis: From the front flap of the HarperCollins UK edition: "In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwe, chief of the Valar: he is called the Lord of Waters, of all seas, lakes and rivers under the sky. But he in works in secret in Middle-earth to support the Noldor, the kindred of the Elves among whom were numbered Hurin and Turin Turambar.
Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Godolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of Ulmo's desires and designs.
Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Turin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Godolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's daughter, and their son is Earendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo.
At last comes the terrible ending, Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gongolin, the tale ends with the escape of Tuor and Idril, with the child Earendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of Earendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources."
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Fall of Gondolin | 2018-08-30 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-1-328-61304-2 | $30.00?$: US dollar |
305 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Alan Lee | |
The Fall of Gondolin | 2018-08-30 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-830275-7 | £20.00?£: UK pound |
303 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Alan Lee | |
The Fall of Gondolin | 2018-08-30 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins | 978-0-00-830276-4 | £75.00?£: UK pound |
304 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
The Fall of Gondolin | 2018-08-30 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-1-328-61299-1 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
The Fall of Gondolin | 2018-08-30 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-830278-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Der Fall von Gondolin | 2018-08-30 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Klett-Cotta (Hobbit Presse) | 978-3-608-96378-6 | €22.00?€: Euro |
352 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Alan Lee | |
The Fall of Gondolin | 2018-10-18 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-830277-1 | £17.99?£: UK pound |
336 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
The Great Tales of Middle-Earth | 2018-10-23 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-0-358-00391-5 | $75.00?$: US dollar |
928 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
De val van Gondolin | 2019-03-25 | J. R. R. Tolkien | De Boekerij | 978-94-023-1279-9 | €13.99?€: Euro |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Alan Lee | ||
La chute de Gondolin | 2019-04-18 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Christian Bourgois | 978-2-267-03141-6 | €20.00?€: Euro |
288 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Alan Lee | |
The Fall of Gondolin | 2019-04-24 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Wheeler Publishing (Wheeler Large Print) | 978-1-4328-6326-5 | $37.99?$: US dollar |
364 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
De val van Gondolin | 2019-05-03 | J. R. R. Tolkien | De Boekerij | 978-90-225-8628-0 | €22.99?€: Euro |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Alan Lee | |
The Fall of Gondolin | 2019-09-03 | J. R. R. Tolkien | Mariner Books | 978-0-358-13145-8 | $16.99?$: US dollar |
304 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Alan Lee | |
The Fall of Gondolin | 2019-11-14 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins | 978-0-00-830279-5 | $9.42?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | Alan Lee | ||
The Fall of Gondolin | 2020-06-25 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-830280-1 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
304 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
The Fall of Gondolin | 2020-10-15 | J. R. R. Tolkien | HarperCollins (UK) | 978-0-00-838044-1 | £30.00?£: UK pound |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | Alan Lee | ||
De val van Gondolin | 2021-01-00 | J. R. R. Tolkien | De Boekerij | 978-90-225-8628-0 | €22.99?€: Euro |
286+ [2] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Alan Lee | |
The Fall of Gondolin | 2024-02-20 | J. R. R. Tolkien | William Morrow / HarperCollins | 978-0-06-337639-7 | $18.99?$: US dollar |
304 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review [French] by Anaïs Paquin (2019) in Solaris, Automne 2019