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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Book 3)
By (Author) J. R. R. Tolkien
Book 3
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
30th August 2012
Film tie-in edition
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Paperback
624
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 39mm
330g
Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkiens epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring an exclusive cover image from the film, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.
The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.
The devastating conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkiens classic tale of magic and adventure, begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, features the definitive edition of the text and includes the Appendices and a revised Index in full.
To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jacksons two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, this third part of The Lord of the Rings is available for a limited time with an exclusive cover image from Peter Jacksons award-winning trilogy.
The story moves on with a tremendous narrative rush to its climax extraordinary imaginative work, part saga, part allegory, and wholly exciting.
The Times
A triumphant close a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution. An astonishing imaginative tour de force.
Sunday Telegraph
His astonishing inventiveness remains to the end and is continued in a series of appendices.;
The Guardian
J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.