J.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 The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron. It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion 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, t
The final installation in a series, this six-volume work follows the same format of the other titles, presenting 2-4 page essays on significant events and themes, arranged chronologically by date, and
Continuing the series Great Events from History, these volumes bring up the world's most important events and developments from 1901 through 1940. The current installment, at six volumes, provides ex
Featuring contributions from 113 international academics and independent scholars, this resource text chronicles important historical events from around the world that have identified, defined, and le
This thoughtfully prepared two-volume set launches a multivolume reference series, which will incorporate substantial revision and expansion of the publisher's 12-volume "Great Events" set (published
Medievalists mainly at American universities, as well as some independent scholars are the authors of the entries on 322 events, presented in chronological order. Though the dates 477-1453 reflect tra
In The 18th Century, the new content constitutes more than two-thirds of the set. Commissioned especially for the new series and appearing here for the first time, essays cover the world's most impor
The sixth installment in Salem Press's ongoing Great Events from History series, like its predecessors, revises and expands material from earlier reference works. Although over half of the material is
Gorman (Texas State U.) presents the ninth installment of Salem Press's ongoing Great Events from History series. The six volumes of this installment chronologically cover significant events in the pe
From the first civilizations to the 21st century, this wide-ranging, compulsively readable book encompasses all of world history--great ages and monumental events; the rise and fall of cultures; names
