{"product_id":"tolkien-myths-and-legends-box-set-2-the-lay-of-aotrou-and-itroun-the-story-of-kullervo-finn-and-hengest-the-battle-of-maldon-the-old-english-exodus","title":"Tolkien Myths and Legends Box Set #2: The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, The Story of Kullervo, Finn and Hengest, The Battle of Maldon, The Old English Exodus","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning hardcover boxed set celebrating J.R.R. Tolkien’s work inspired by the myths and legends of Europe, featuring double-sided dustjackets. This unique set contains \u003ci\u003eFinn and Hengest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Kullervo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lay of Aotrou and Itroun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Maldon\u003c\/i\u003e, along with\u003ci\u003e The Old English Exodus\u003c\/i\u003e, reprinted for the first time in 50 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis brand-new boxed set of five hardcovers includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old English Exodus,\u003c\/i\u003e a translation of the Old English Exodus poem telling the story of the Israelites fleeing Egypt, appearing in print for the first time since it was first published in the 1980s. Tolkien’s aim with this translation was to interpret the poem, reconstruct what the original may have looked like, and demonstrate how it fits into the broader tradition of Old English poetry. Edited by fellow Old English scholar and former pupil, Joan Turville-Petre, this version gives readers the best sense of Tolkien’s methods and his important contributions to understanding this poem, and includes a new preface by the editor’s son, Thorlac Turville-Petre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinn and Hengest,\u003c\/i\u003e the tale of two fifth-century heroes in Northern Europe, is told both in \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e and in a fragmentary Anglo-Saxon poem known as \u003ci\u003eThe Fight at Finnesburg\u003c\/i\u003e, but so obscurely and allusively that its interpretation had been a matter of controversy for over 100 years. Tolkien reveals a classic tragedy of divided loyalties, vengeance, blood and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of Kullervo \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold into slavery and who swears revenge on the magician who killed his father. “Hapless Kullervo,” as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny, and is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet “in Britain’s land beyond the seas” during the Age of Chivalry, \u003ci\u003eThe Lay of Aotrou and Itroun\u003c\/i\u003e tells of a childless Breton Lord and Lady and the tragedy that befalls them when Aotrou seeks to remedy their situation with the aid of a magic potion obtained from a \u003ci\u003ecorrigan\u003c\/i\u003e, or malevolent fairy. When the potion succeeds and Itroun bears twins, the \u003ci\u003ecorrigan\u003c\/i\u003e returns seeking her fee, and Aotrou is forced to choose between betraying his marriage and losing his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defense-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack was immortalized in the poem, \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Maldon\u003c\/i\u003e. Written shortly after the battle, the poem survives now as a 325-line fragment, and is an invaluable example of both a heroic tale and the vivid expression of the lost language of our ancestors. Tolkien’s prose translation of the poem is presented by leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, alongside the definitive treatment of \u003ci\u003eThe Homecoming of Beorhtnoth,\u003c\/i\u003e Tolkien’s own dramatic verse-dialogue inspired by \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Maldon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. R. Tolkien","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54951550255395,"sku":"9780063496705","price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780063496705.jpg?v=1776792547","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/tolkien-myths-and-legends-box-set-2-the-lay-of-aotrou-and-itroun-the-story-of-kullervo-finn-and-hengest-the-battle-of-maldon-the-old-english-exodus","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}