{"product_id":"the-fall-of-numenor-and-other-tales-from-the-second-age-of-middle-earth-j-r-r-tolkien","title":"The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth\nJ.R.R. Tolkien","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJ.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIt was not until Christopher Tolkien published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans’ power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Resheh bookstore ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42417901437063,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"JOD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/1854\/6311\/files\/0F5C4F05-AD75-414D-A5E7-DAB735B6B708.jpg?v=1741633491","url":"https:\/\/reshehbook.com\/products\/the-fall-of-numenor-and-other-tales-from-the-second-age-of-middle-earth-j-r-r-tolkien","provider":"Resheh bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}