The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
3.86
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explore…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Heart shall be bolder, harder be purpose, more proud the spirit as our power lessens! Mind shall not falter nor mood waver, though doom shall come and dark conquer."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'
"Thus ages pass, and men after men. Mourning voices of women weeping. So the world passes; day follows day, and the dust gathers, his tomb crumbles, as time gnaws it, and his kith and kindred out of ken dwindle. So men flicker and in the mirk go out. The world withers and wind rises; the candles are quenched. Cold falls the night. It's dark! It's dark, and doom is coming! Is no light left us?"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'
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4.04
Format: 702 pages, Hardcover
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"Only the dead should be certain of anything."-Ian C. Esslemont, Return of the Crimson Guard (Novels of the Malazan Empire, #2)
"Battle is for an army to win or lose; war is for civilization to win or lose."-Ian C. Esslemont, Return of the Crimson Guard (Novels of the Malazan Empire, #2)
"When one considers such ancient times one's only recourse is the language of poetry. Thus legends, myths, creation accounts, history. All are no more than stories shaped to justify the present appear…"-Ian C. Esslemont, Return of the Crimson Guard (Novels of the Malazan Empire, #2)
2. The Poetic Edda
By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
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4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created A New Mythology
By: Tom Shippey
3.91
Format: 631 pages, Paperback
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5. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth
By: John Garth
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
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6. The History of the Hobbit (One-Volume Edition)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , John D. Rateliff
3.69
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
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7. Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien
3.33
Format: 194 pages, ebook
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Format: None pages,
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9. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
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4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
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10. The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
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Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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"Thus ages pass, and men after men. Mourning voices of women weeping. So the world passes; day follows day, and the dust gathers, his tomb crumbles, as time gnaws it, and his kith and kindred out of k…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'
11. Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
By: Eleanor Parker
4.17
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
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"In a time of ecological crisis, Anglo-Saxon poems which recognize how fundamentally we are connected to the rhythms of nature - how dependent we are on the well-being of the earth, how grateful we sh…"-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
"The cycle of the seasons, to which poets have so often turned as a reminder that nothing in this world is stable, is in fact one of the great constants in life. In some ways, the thousand years or mo…"-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
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3.89
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19. War in Heaven
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3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
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20. Beowulf: Translation and Commentary
By: Tom Shippey
4.77
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
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4.49
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
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