 His son, Christopher Tolkien, edited the manuscripts to form a consistent narrative, and published it in 2007 as an independent work.The book contains 33 illustrations by Alan Lee, eight of which are full-page and in colour.The story is one of three "great tales" set in the First Age of Tolkien's Middle-earth, the other two being "Beren and Lúthien" and "The Fall of Gondolin".