"The Children of Húrin is set in the First Age of Middle Earth,
six and a half millennia pre-Frodo, back when Treebeard was
barely shaving"
The latest book at last finished by 81 year old, Christopher Tolkien,
son of J.R.R., out of manuscripts left behind by his dad.
As the tale of the children of Húrin was also one of the first
Tolkien started writing, there were numerous versions over the
years, both in prose and verse, some longer, some shorter, none
of them truly finished. He collated all these different versions and
edited them together to a 259 page narrative
called "The Children of Húrin", which while not the intimate
point of view story of the his more popular books, is still far
more fleshed out and detailed than the versions we've read before.
I have not gotten my copy yet but I have noticed that
ordering it on the website is at least 10 dollars cheaper
than going to Chapters to purchase it
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