If you want to know the history of the 3rd age and more aproffondie, history of irises field where occurred the death of Isildur and the loss of the One Ring, lhistire Cirion and Eorl birthplace of the friendship between Gondor and Rohan, the story of the expedition of Erebor (Bilbo the hobbit), battles the fords of isen (nda), but also details of the Drúedain, on istaris (Magi arrived at the 3rd age ) which Gandalf and Saruman (to siter only two), the history of palantiris (pirres vision (2nd Volume of sda, Isengard), but especially the creation of the rings can their quest, read this book, certainly complicated but all the same remains a interressant rensaignement mine.