But The Lord of the Rings is just the tip of the iceberg; Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium encompasses ... and not very much of its history is (or need be) told," but clearly, there was ...

the twelve-volume History of Middle-earth (1983–1996), the three great tales of the First Age, as well as several books on various non-Middle-earth mythologies, such as on the Nibelungenlied ...

According to The Book of Lost Tales, Tolkien imagined various planets as existing within his created universe, going so far as to name them in the tenth volume of The History of Middle-earth ...

On all fronts, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim gives the world more of J.R.R. Tolkien’s rich history of Middle-earth by carefully crafting a story that only enhances the existing ...