The Maps of Middle-earth: From Numenor and Beleriand to Wilderland and Middle-earth Brian Sibley 9780008669461

Available together for the first time in a single hardback volume, J.R.R. Tolkien's maps of The Hobbit, Beleriand, Middle-earth and Numenor - re-illustrated by John Howe - are presented as full colour foldout posters and accompanied by a richly detailed text by Brian Sibley.

This new hardback edition of THE MAPS OF MIDDLE-EARTH presents J.R.R. Tolkien's maps of Wilderland, Beleriand and Middle-earth, together with a unique map of the island-kingdom of Numenor, as featured in Amazon Prime's THE RINGS OF POWER.

Each poster-sized foldout map has been re-imagined in full colour by John Howe, the world-renowned Tolkien artist who has worked on Peter Jackson's Academy Award-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Rings of Power TV series as well as the forthcoming Warner Bros animated film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

The maps are accompanied by a fascinating and authoritative, fully illustrated 160-page text written by Brian Sibley, author of the Sunday Times bestselling THE FALL OF NUMENOR and leading expert on THE LORD OF THE RINGS (he adapted the work for the acclaimed 1981 BBC radio dramatisation), which recounts the story behind each map and provides a richly detailed glossary of every name, place and event.

Designed to complement the growing range of hardback editions of J.R.R. Tolkien's work, this brand new edition is the perfect companion for every fan wishing to learn more about the world of Tolkien's Middle-earth.

BRIAN SIBLEY is a noted writer and broadcaster best known in Tolkien circles for his work on the BBC's epic 1981 radio serialisation of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, as well as books about the maps of Middle-earth and the making of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT film trilogies. In 2022 he published the Sunday Times bestselling THE FALL OF NUMENOR and was the recipient of the Tolkien Society's 'Outstanding Contribution Award'.

JOHN HOWE was born in 1957 in Vancouver, Canada. He has illustrated many French children's books, but is best known for his Tolkien calendars, book jackets, maps and posters and as the author of A MIDDLE-EARTH TRAVELLER. He was Conceptual Artist on Peter Jackson's acclaimed Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, and returned to New Zealand in 2009 to work on the The Hobbit trilogy. Most recently he has worked on Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power and the Warner Bros. animated film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

Praise for Brian Sibley/The Fall of Numenor:

'...a grand compendium of all Tolkien said about the period when the foundations of The Lord of the Rings are laid'
John Garth, THE GUARDIAN

'A trove of source material about one of Middle-earth's most intriguing and central back stories ... nimbly edited by Brian Sibley'
WASHINGTON POST

'Sibley has beautifully and brilliantly done for Tolkien's Second Age what Christopher Tolkien did for the First Age'
NATIONAL REVIEW