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The Return of the King
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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.
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El Señor de los Anillos: III. El retorno del rey
2022, Minotauro
mass market paperback
in Spanish
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1997?, HarperCollins
in English
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 1st Ballantine Books edition (136)
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Houghton Mifflin
Paperback
in English
- printing (5)
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1989-10, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 50th Anniversary Authorized Edition; 1st Ballantine Books edition, 5th printing
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1984-04, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Authorized Edition, Special Silver Jubilee Edition; 1st Ballantine Books edition, 73rd printing
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1981, Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover
in English
- Silver anniversary ed.
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The return of the king
1973-03, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback
in English
- Authorized edition, Thirty-sixth printing
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1970-01, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 22nd printing
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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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