During his recovery in a cottage in Little Haywood, Staffordshire, he began to work on what he called The Book of Lost Tales, beginning with The Fall of Gondolin.
Sewaktu memulihkan kesehatannya di sebuah pondok di Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England, Tolkien mulai mengerjakan apa yang disebutnya The Book of Lost Tales, dimulai dengan The Fall of Gondolin.