Sauron Defeated
lore reference reference 1992 Middle-earth
Record
| First published | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | reference |
| Canon status | lore reference |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780395606490 |
| Volume within its reference series | 9 |
Synopsis
Sauron Defeated, published in 1992, is the ninth volume of the History of Middle-earth series, completing the drafting history of The Lord of the Rings with material including a rejected epilogue. It also collects The Notion Club Papers, a time-travel story tied to Numenor, along with a draft of the Drowning of Anaduine and material on the invented language Adunaic.
Where it sits
- Universe: Middle-earth
- Series: The History of Middle-earth lore reference; position 9 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Notes
- From the series record (The History of Middle-earth): 12-volume posthumous series (1983-1996), edited by Christopher Tolkien.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The History of Middle-earth: position 9 of 12: previous The War of the Ring (1990) · next Morgoth's Ring (1993)
Sources
- https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earth
- https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sauron_Defeated
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