Treason of Isengard

The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 7)

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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Treason of Isengard

The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 7)

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The Treason of Isengard is the second volume of The History of The Lord of the Rings and the seventh volume of The History of Middle-earth.

The Treason of Isengard continues the account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings started in the earlier volume, The Return of the Shadow. In this book, following the long halt in the darkness of the Mines of Moria with which The Return of the Shadow ended, is traced the great expansion of the tale into new lands and new peoples south and east of the Misty Mountains; the emergence of Lothlorien, of Ents, of the Riders of Rohan, and of Saruman the White in the fortress of Isengard.

In brief outlines and penciled drafts dashed down on scraps of paper are seen the first entry of Galadriel, the earliest ideas of the history of Gondor, the original meeting of Aragorn and Eowyn, its significance destined to be wholly transformed. Conceptions of what lay ahead are seen dissolving as the story took its own paths, as in the account of the capture of Frodo and his rescue by Sam Gamgee from Minas Morgul, written long before J.R.R. Tolkien actually came to that point in the writing of The Lord of the Rings.

A chief feature of the book is a full account of the original Map, with re-drawings of successive phases, which was long the basis and accompaniment of the emerging geography of Middle-earth. An appendix to the book describes the Runic alphabets as they were at that time, with illustrations of the forms and an analysis of the Runes used in the Book of Mazarbul found beside Balin's Tomb in Moria.

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Cover of: The Treason of Isengard (History of Middle-Earth)
The Treason of Isengard (History of Middle-Earth)
February 4, 2002, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Treason of Isengard
September 2000, Tandem Library
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Cover of: La Traicion de Isengard
La Traicion de Isengard
July 1995, Minotauro
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Cover of: The Treason of Isengard.  Being the Third Book of The Lord of the Rings
The Treason of Isengard. Being the Third Book of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Houghton Mifflin and Co.
Cover of: The treason of Isengard
Cover of: Treason of Isengard
Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 7)
November 4, 1991, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Cover of: The treason of Isengard
The treason of Isengard: the history of the Lord of the rings, part two
1989, Houghton Mifflin Co.
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History of Middle-earth (7)

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OL9336452M
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0261102192
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9780261102194
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