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The Return of The King
Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings.
The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed toward Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by Sméagol---Gollum, still obsessed by his "preciouss." After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive---in the hands of the Orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing.
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Aragorn, Elendil, Dwarves, Frodo Baggins, The Dunedain, Gandalf, Sauron, Pippin, Meriadoc, Umbar, Denethor, Boromir, Faramir, Saruman, Legolas, Gimli, Beregond, Eorl, King Théoden, Gollum, Shelob, Rosie Cotton, Gríma, Bombadil, Shadowfax, Éomer, Merry, Éowyn, Samwise, Arwen, ElrondPlaces
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El Señor de los Anillos: III. El retorno del rey
2022, Minotauro
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
2003, Ballantine Books
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
2002, Houghton Mifflin
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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
1994, Houghton Mifflin
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Ballantine Books
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1989-10, Ballantine Books
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1984-04, Ballantine Books
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
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Book five.
Minas Tirith
The passing of the grey company
The muster of Rohan
The siege of Gondor
The ride of the Rohirrim
The battle of the Pelennor Fields
The pyre of Denethor
The houses of healing
The last debate
The black gate opens
Book six.
The tower of Cirith Ungol
The land of shadow
Mount Doom
The field of Cormallen
The steward and the king
Many partings
Homeward bound
The scouring of the Shire
The Grey havens
Appendices.
Annals of the kings and rulers
The Númenorean kings
The House of Eorl
Durin's folk
The tale of years (chronology of the Westlands)
Family trees (hobbits)
Calendars
Writing and spelling
Pronunciation
Writing
The languages and peoples of the Third Age
On translation
Indexes.
Songs and verses
Persons, beasts and monsters
Places
Things
Edition Notes
Map on lining pages.
Includes index.
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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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