The War of the Jewels (book)

The War of the Jewels is the eleventh volume of Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth, analysing the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien. Released in 1994, it is the second volume (Morgoth's Ring being the first) of the sub-series The Later Silmarillion, bearing The Legend of Beleriand as a subtitle; it explores the later 1951 Silmarillion drafts, i.e. those which were written after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.
This volume includes:
*The second part of the 1951 Silmarillion drafts
*An expanded account of the Grey Annals, the history of Beleriand after the coming of the Elves.
*Additional narratives involving Húrin and the tragedy of his children (see Narn i Chîn Húrin). "The Wanderings of Húrin" is the conclusion to the Narn. This was not included in the final Silmarillion because Christopher Tolkien feared that the heavy compression from the inclusion of it would make The Silmarillion to complex a read.
*Christopher Tolkien's explanation of how he, with the collaboration of fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay, constructed Chapter 22 of The Silmarillion, since none of the texts left by Tolkien for this purpose were up-to-date enough to serve the purpose. In particular, the old texts all have Thingol portrayed as a miserly swindler who cheats the Dwarves out of their payment, and the portrayal of the Girdle of Melian in the older stories is much weaker than the impenetrable barrier of the post-LOTR writings.
*"Quendi and Eldar", which discusses in greater detail the origin of the Elves and their sunderings.
*Tolkien's exploration of the origins of the Ents and the Great Eagles.
==Contents==
*Part One, The Grey Annals
*Part Two, The Later Quenta Silmarillion
**"Of Men"
**"Of the Siege of Angband"
**"Of Beleriand and its Realms"
**"Of Turgon and the Building of Gondolin"
**"Concerning the Dwarves"
**"Of the Coming of Men into the West"
**"Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
**"The Last Chapters"
*Part Three: The Wanderings of Hurin and other writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion
**"The Wanderings of Húrin"
**"Ælfwine and Dirhaval"
**"Maeglin"
**"Of the Ents and the Eagles"
**"The Tale of Years"
*Part Four: Quendi and Eldar
*Index
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Oorlog van die Juwele
Albanian 	Lufta e Bizhuteritë
Amharic 	ጌጣጌጦች ጦርነት
Arabic 	حرب الجواهر
Armenian 	Պատերազմը զարդերից
Azerbaijani 	Cavahirat Müharibə
Basque 	Bitxiak Gerrak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вайна Камянёў
Bengali 	জেম যুদ্ধ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Войната на бижута
Cambodian 	សង្គ្រាមនៃរតនវត្ថុនោះ
Catalan 	La Guerra de les Joies
Cebuano 	Ang Gubat sa mga Mutya
Chinese 	珠宝之战
Croatian 	Rat dragulja
Czech 	Válka o Klenoty
Danish 	Ædelstenskrigen (bog)
Dutch 	Oorlog van de Juwelen
Esperanto 	La Milito de la Juveloj
Estonian 	Sõda pärleid
Fijian 	Na ivalu ni na iyau talei
Filipino 	Ang Digmaan ng mga Hiyas
Finnish 	Sodan Jalokivet
French 	La Guerre des Joyaux
Frisian 	De Oarloch fan de Juwielen
Galician 	A Guerra das Xoias
Georgian 	ძვირფასი ქვების ომი
German 	Der Krieg der Juwelen
Greek 	Ο Πόλεμος των Πετραδιών
Gujarati 	યુદ્ધ જ્વેલ્સ
Haitian Creole 	De Bèl grenn pèl yo gè
Hebrew 	המלחמה התכשיטים
Hindi 	रत्नों के युद्ध
Hungarian 	Az Ékkövek Háborúja
Indonesian 	Perang permata
Irish Gaelic 	An Cogadh na Seoda
Italian 	La Guerra dei Gioielli
Japanese 	宝石の戦争
Kannada 	ಆಭರಣಗಳು ಯುದ್ಧ
Kazakh 	Қымбат тастар соғыс (Cyrillic) Qımbat tastar soğıs (Latin)
Korean 	보석 전쟁
Latin 	Ed Gemmae ad Bellum ?
Latvian 	Karš no dārgakmeņiem
Lithuanian 	Brangakmenių karas
Luxembourgish 	De Krich vun de Bijouen
Macedonian Cyrillic	Војна на Бижута
Malagasy 	Ny Ady Tamin' ny Firavaka
Malaysian 	Perang permata
Marathi 	या रत्नांनी युद्ध
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Эрдэнэд дайн
Nepalese 	गहने को युद्ध
Norwegian 	Krigen av Juveler
Pashto 	د ګاڼې جګړې
Persian 	جنگ جواهرات
Polish 	Wojna o Klejnoty
Portuguese 	A Guerra das Joias
Punjabi 	ਜੰਗ ਜਵੇਹਰ ਦੀ
Romanian 	Războiul Nestematelor
Russian 	Война Самоцветов
Scottish Gaelic 	Tha Cogadh nan Seudan
Serbian 	Рат Драгуља (Cyrillic) Rat Dragulja (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මැණික් යුද්ධයට
Shona 	Hondo yemabwe anokosha
Slovak 	Vojna o Klenoty
Slovenian 	Vojna draguljev
Somalian 	Dagaalka oo ah Jowharadahaaga
Spanish 	La Guerra de las Joyas
Sundanese 	Perang tina sosoca
Swahili 	Vita ya Vyombo
Swedish 	Kriga av Juveler
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҷанги аз Сангҳои
Tamil 	போர் ஆபரணங்களின்
Telugu 	ఆభరణాలు యుద్ధం
Thai 	สงครามอัญมณี
Turkish 	Mücevherler Savaşı
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Війна самоцвітів
Urdu 	ہیرے جواہرات کی جنگ
Uzbek 	Жавҳар уруш (Cyrillic) Javhar urush (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Cuộc chiến của Tam Bảo
Welsh 	Y Rhyfel y Tlysau
Yiddish 	די מלחמה פון די דזשעוועלס
Yoruba 	Awọn Ogun ti awọn Iyebiye
Yucatec Maya 	Le K'atun le Joyas
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