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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

Movie Tie-In Edition

by

  • ★★★★ 4.37 ·
  • 86 Ratings
  • 421 Want to read
  • 20 Currently reading
  • 171 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 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 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
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English
Pages
406

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Elves, Hobbits, The Lord of the Rings, hope, fear, magic, Fiction, Fantasy, English Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fantastic fiction, Textual Criticism, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Chinese language materials, Adventure, Fantasy fiction, Frodo Baggins (Fictional character), Frodo Baggins (Fictitious character), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Translations into French, Children's fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Wizards, Large type books, Spanish language edition, Roman, Français (langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis, Bolsón, Frodo (Personaje literario), Novela, Tierra Media (Lugar imaginario), Historia de aventuras, Novela fantástica, Literatura inglesa, Novela inglesa, Fiction, media tie-in, Fiction, fantasy, general
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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
2001, Houghton Mifflin
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王者再臨: 王者再臨
2001, 聯經
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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
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
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New York, USA
Series
Lord of the Rings (3)
Copyright Date
1994

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Paperback
Pagination
xii, 1137p.
Number of pages
406

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Open Library
OL7603875M
ISBN 10
0618129111
ISBN 13
9780618129119
OCLC/WorldCat
48034080
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9780618129119
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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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