An edition of The Return of the King (1950)

The Return of the King

Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings

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An edition of The Return of the King (1950)

The Return of the King

Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings

  • 4.35 ·
  • 81 Ratings
  • 406 Want to read
  • 20 Currently reading
  • 165 Have read

As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents. Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive — now in the foul hands of the Orcs.

And all the while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom.
--back cover

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Houghton Mifflin
Language
English

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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Collins
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
1999, HarperCollins
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Powrót Króla
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Houghton Mifflin
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Le retour du roi (Le Seigneur des anneaux, III)
1986, Presses pocket
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1978-12, Ballantine Books
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Pán Prsteňov: 3: Návrat Kral̕a
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Published in

Boston, MA, USA

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Series
The Lord of the Rings, #3
Copyright Date
1955, 1965, 1966, 1983, 1993, 1994

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.912
Library of Congress
PR6039.O32 R4 1994

Contributors

Cover Design
Steven Cooley
Illustrator
Alan Lee

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xii, [731]-1137 p. :

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24610193M
ISBN 10
0618002243
ISBN 13
9780618002245
OCLC/WorldCat
42677911, 488848336, 633708104
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Work Description

THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live.



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February 27, 2011 Created by ImportBot Imported from Internet Archive item record.