The Peoples of Middle-earth

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The History of Middle-earth
Volumes I and II
Volume III
Volume IV
Volume V
Volumes VI–IX
Volume X
Volume XI
Volume XII

The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996) is the 12th and final volume of The History of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien from the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien. Contents:

• The development of the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings as well as the development of the Akallabêth.
• Some essays on various races of Middle-earth such as The Shibboleth of Fëanor.
• The New Shadow - An incomplete sequel (approximately 30 pages) to The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien quickly abandoned, set in the time of Eldarion, Aragorn's son.
• Tal-Elmar - An incomplete story of Númenórean colonization of Middle-earth told from the point of view of the Wild Men. The protagonist, Tal-Elmar, is one of the ancient inhabitants of the lands of Gondor, and is partly descended from Númenórean settlers.

Some characters (including Anairë, the wife of Fingolfin) only appear here. So too do a few other works that did not fit anywhere else.

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• An in-depth overview of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Peoples of Middle-earth, the final volume of The History of Middle-earth

v • d • e J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium Published during his lifetime: The Hobbit · The Lord of the Rings · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil · The Road Goes Ever On Posthumous publications: The Silmarillion · Unfinished Tales · The History of Middle-earth (12 volumes) · Bilbo's Last Song · The Children of Húrin · The History of The Hobbit Lists of articles: By category · By name · Writings · Characters · Peoples · Rivers · Realms · Ages