The Battle of Maldon

A collector’s slipcased edition presenting Tolkien’s dramatic verse-beacon, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son, alongside The Battle of Maldon, with unpublished texts, drafts and essays. This special edition gathers Tolkien’s prose translation of Maldon and a definitive edition of Beorhtnoth with accompanying essays, complemented by notes, commentary, and a historically informed critical apparatus. It also includes a lecture on Old English versification, a color frontispiece from Tolkien’s manuscript, and a visually rich presentation designed for collectors and scholars alike. The volume is printed on acid-free paper, quarterbound with a Bill Sanderson illustration gold-foiled on grey boards, and housed in a custom-built slipcase. A digitally remastered recording of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, read by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien, is included on CD for the first time.

The collection assembles Tolkien’s early dramatic response to The Battle of Maldon, tracing its influence on his later fiction, with Peter Grybauskas offering for the first time Tolkien’s own prose translation together with a comprehensive treatment of The Homecoming and related essays. The slipcased edition presents a scholarly edition with insightful notes and commentary, situating the works within Old English heroic tradition. The edition is published in a hardcover format with 208 pages, and is described as a Special Edition.

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• Collector’s slipcased edition
• First standalone presentation of Tolkien drama
• Prose translation of The Battle of Maldon
• Definitive Beorhtnoth and accompanying essays
• The Tradition of Versification in Old English lecture
• Color frontispiece from Tolkien manuscript

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