In volumes 10 and 11 of The History of Middle-earth Christopher Tolkien recounts from the original texts the evolution of his father's work on The Silmarillion, the legendary history of the Elder Days or First Age, from the completion of The Lord of the Rings in 1949 until his death. In Volume 10, Morgoth's Ring, the nar- rative was taken only so far as the natural dividing- point in the whole, when Morgoth destroyed the Trees of Light and fled from Valinor bearing the stolen Silmarils. In The War of the Jewels the story returns to Middle-earth, and the ruinous conflict of the High Elves and the Men who were their allies with the power of the Dark Lord. With the publication in this book of all J.R.R. Tolkien's later narrative writing con- cerned with the last centuries of the First Age, the long history of The Silmarillion, from its beginnings in The Book of Lost Tales, is completed; and the enigmatic state of the work at his death can be understood. A chief element in The War of the Jewels is a major story of Middle-earth now published for the first time, a continuation of the great 'saga' of Turin Turambar and his sister Nienor, the children of Hurin the Steadfast: this is the tale of the disaster that overtook the forest people of Brethil when Hurin came among them after his release from long years of captivity in Angband, the fortress of Morgoth. The uncompleted text of the Grey Annals, the primary record of the War of the Jewels, is given in full; the geography of Beleriand is studied in detail, with redrawings of the final state of the map; and a long essay on the names and relations of all the peoples shows more clearly then any writing published hitherto the closeness of the con- nection between language and history in Tolkien's world, and provides much new information, including some knowledge of the language of the divine powers, the Valar. J.R.R. TOLKIEN. THE WAR OF THE JEWELS. The Later Silmarillion. Part Two. The Legends of Beleriand. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsRblishers. HarperCollinsPublishers. 77 - 85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB. This paperback edition 1995 987654321. First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1994. Copyright (C) HarperCollinsPublishers 1994. TM (C) 1990 Frank Richard Williamson and Christopher Reuel Tolkien, executors of the Estate of the late John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. ISBN 0 261 10324 5. Set in Sabon. Printed in Great Britain by HarperCollinsManufacturing Glasgow. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. CONTENTS. Foreword. page ix PART ONE. THE GREY ANNALS. PART TWO. THE LATER QUENTA SILMARILLION. 9.Of Men 173 10.Of the Siege of Angband 175 11.Of Beleriand and its Realms 180 12.Of Turgon and the Building of Gondolin 198 13.Concerning the Dwarves 201 14.Of the Coming of Men into the West 215 15.Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin 238 The Last Chapters 243 PART THREE. THE WANDERINGS OF HURIN AND OTHER WRITINGS NOT FORMING PART OF THE QUENTA SILMARILLION. I.The Wanderings of Hurin 251 II.AElfwine and Dirhaval 311 III.Maeglin 316 IV. Of the Enis and the Eagles 340 V. The Tale of Years 342 PART FOUR. QUENDI AND ELDAR 357 Index 425