This English-language hardcover brings together J. R. R. Tolkien’s writings about the Second Age of Middle-earth in one 352-page volume. Edited by Brian Sibley, it follows the chronology of The Tale of Years from the appendices to The Lord of the Rings.
Alan Lee’s watercolour and pencil illustrations accompany the text. This listing is for the single hardcover volume of The Fall of Numenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth identified by ISBN 9780008537838.
The Second Age connects the earlier histories of Middle-earth with the events remembered in The Lord of the Rings. This volume follows the rise and fall of Númenor, the growing power of Sauron, the forging of the Rings of Power and the events leading to the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
Brian Sibley arranges Tolkien’s writings from several published works into a chronological account. The material draws on The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and The History of Middle-earth, bringing passages previously encountered in different books together around a shared historical sequence.
The result is a single-volume exploration of the Second Age, accompanied by Alan Lee’s illustrations. It gives readers a way to follow the connections between Númenor’s history and the wider events of Middle-earth.