The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth (J. R. R. Tolkien)Author: J. R. R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley Illustrator: Alan Lee J. R. R. Tolkiens writings on the Second Age of Middle earth, collected for the first time in one volume. J. R. R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle earth as a dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its