The Houghton Mifflin hardcover edition
The War of the Jewels is the eleventh volume of Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth, analysing the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien. Released in 1994, it is the second volume (Morgoth's Ring being the first) of the sub-series The Later Silmarillion, bearing The Legend of Beleriand as a subtitle; it explores the later 1951 Silmarillion drafts, i.e. those which were written after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.
This volume includes:
- The second part of the 1951 Silmarillion drafts
- An expanded account of the Grey Annals, the history of Beleriand after the coming of the Elves.
- Additional narratives involving Húrin and the tragedy of his children (see Narn i Chîn Húrin). "The Wanderings of Húrin" is the conclusion to the Narn. This was not included in the final Silmarillion because Christopher Tolkien feared that the heavy compression from the inclusion of it would make The Silmarillion to complex a read.
- Christopher Tolkien's explanation of how he, with the collaboration of fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay, constructed Chapter 22 of The Silmarillion, since none of the texts left by Tolkien for this purpose were up-to-date enough to serve the purpose. In particular, the old texts all have Thingol portrayed as a miserly swindler who cheats the Dwarves out of their payment, and the portrayal of the Girdle of Melian in the older stories is much weaker than the impenetrable barrier of the post-LOTR writings.
- "Quendi and Eldar", which discusses in greater detail the origin of the Elves and their sunderings.
- Tolkien's exploration of the origins of the Ents and the Great Eagles.
Contents[]
- Part One, The Grey Annals
- Part Two, The Later Quenta Silmarillion
- "Of Men"
- "Of the Siege of Angband"
- "Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- "Of Turgon and the Building of Gondolin"
- "Concerning the Dwarves"
- "Of the Coming of Men into the West"
- "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- "The Last Chapters"
- Part Three: The Wanderings of Hurin and other writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion
- "The Wanderings of Húrin"
- "Ælfwine and Dirhaval"
- "Maeglin"
- "Of the Ents and the Eagles"
- "The Tale of Years"
- Part Four: Quendi and Eldar
- Index
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Die Oorlog van die Juwele |
| Albanian | Lufta e Bizhuteritë |
| Amharic | ጌጣጌጦች ጦርነት |
| Arabic | حرب الجواهر |
| Armenian | Պատերազմը զարդերից |
| Azerbaijani | Cavahirat Müharibə |
| Basque | Bitxiak Gerrak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Вайна Камянёў |
| Bengali | জেম যুদ্ধ |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Войната на бижута |
| Cambodian | សង្គ្រាមនៃរតនវត្ថុនោះ |
| Catalan | La Guerra de les Joies |
| Cebuano | Ang Gubat sa mga Mutya |
| Chinese | 珠宝之战 |
| Croatian | Rat dragulja |
| Czech | Válka o Klenoty |
| Danish | Ædelstenskrigen (bog) |
| Dutch | Oorlog van de Juwelen |
| Esperanto | La Milito de la Juveloj |
| Estonian | Sõda pärleid |
| Fijian | Na ivalu ni na iyau talei |
| Filipino | Ang Digmaan ng mga Hiyas |
| Finnish | Sodan Jalokivet |
| French | La Guerre des Joyaux |
| Frisian | De Oarloch fan de Juwielen |
| Galician | A Guerra das Xoias |
| Georgian | ძვირფასი ქვების ომი |
| German | Der Krieg der Juwelen |
| Greek | Ο Πόλεμος των Πετραδιών |
| Gujarati | યુદ્ધ જ્વેલ્સ |
| Haitian Creole | De Bèl grenn pèl yo gè |
| Hebrew | המלחמה התכשיטים |
| Hindi | रत्नों के युद्ध |
| Hungarian | Az Ékkövek Háborúja |
| Indonesian | Perang permata |
| Irish Gaelic | An Cogadh na Seoda |
| Italian | La Guerra dei Gioielli |
| Japanese | 宝石の戦争 |
| Kannada | ಆಭರಣಗಳು ಯುದ್ಧ |
| Kazakh | Қымбат тастар соғыс (Cyrillic) Qımbat tastar soğıs (Latin) |
| Korean | 보석 전쟁 |
| Latin | Ed Gemmae ad Bellum ? |
| Latvian | Karš no dārgakmeņiem |
| Lithuanian | Brangakmenių karas |
| Luxembourgish | De Krich vun de Bijouen |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Војна на Бижута |
| Malagasy | Ny Ady Tamin' ny Firavaka |
| Malaysian | Perang permata |
| Marathi | या रत्नांनी युद्ध |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Эрдэнэд дайн |
| Nepalese | गहने को युद्ध |
| Norwegian | Krigen av Juveler |
| Pashto | د ګاڼې جګړې |
| Persian | جنگ جواهرات |
| Polish | Wojna o Klejnoty |
| Portuguese | A Guerra das Joias |
| Punjabi | ਜੰਗ ਜਵੇਹਰ ਦੀ |
| Romanian | Războiul Nestematelor |
| Russian | Война Самоцветов |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tha Cogadh nan Seudan |
| Serbian | Рат Драгуља (Cyrillic) Rat Dragulja (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | මැණික් යුද්ධයට |
| Shona | Hondo yemabwe anokosha |
| Slovak | Vojna o Klenoty |
| Slovenian | Vojna draguljev |
| Somalian | Dagaalka oo ah Jowharadahaaga |
| Spanish | La Guerra de las Joyas |
| Sundanese | Perang tina sosoca |
| Swahili | Vita ya Vyombo |
| Swedish | Kriga av Juveler |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ҷанги аз Сангҳои |
| Tamil | போர் ஆபரணங்களின் |
| Telugu | ఆభరణాలు యుద్ధం |
| Thai | สงครามอัญมณี |
| Turkish | Mücevherler Savaşı |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Війна самоцвітів |
| Urdu | ہیرے جواہرات کی جنگ |
| Uzbek | Жавҳар уруш (Cyrillic) Javhar urush (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Cuộc chiến của Tam Bảo |
| Welsh | Y Rhyfel y Tlysau |
| Yiddish | די מלחמה פון די דזשעוועלס |
| Yoruba | Awọn Ogun ti awọn Iyebiye |
| Yucatec Maya | Le K'atun le Joyas |