For many readers, finishing The Silmarillion feels like reaching the summit of Mount Doom. But for the true lore-seekers, there is a longer, more winding path: .
The first drafts of The Lord of the Rings . Here, “Bingo Baggins” (later Frodo), a hobbit named Trotter (later Aragorn), and early versions of the Black Riders. the history of middle earth volumes 1-12 pdf