An edition of The Return of the King (1950)

The Return of the King

Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

50th Anniversary ed.

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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

50th Anniversary ed.

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  • ★★★★ 4.4 (86 ratings) ·
  • 443 Want to read
  • 22 Currently reading
  • 184 Have read

The third part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS now fully corrected and revised, in collaboration with Christopher Tolkien, for the 50th anniversary of its first publication.

The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle against 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. Tolkien's classic tale, begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, which includes the Appendices and a revised Index in full.
--back cover

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HarperCollins Publishers
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English

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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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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, Elrond

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Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Barad-dur, Minas Tirith, Lorien, Erebor, Middle Earth, Edoras, Isengard, Fangorn Forest, Mordor, Gondor, Rohan, Ithilien, Osgiliath, Mount Doom, Rivendell, the Shire, Bree, Bag End

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The End of the Third Age

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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
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English - 50th Anniversary ed.
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
2003, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - First Ballantine Books edition (131); movie tie-in
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王者再臨: 王者再臨
2001, 聯經
in Chinese - Chu ban
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The Return of The King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1997?, HarperCollins
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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
1973-03, Ballantine Books
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1970-01, Ballantine Books
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The Lord of the Rings, Part 3

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PR6039.O32

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xii, 1567p.

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OL31906113M
Internet Archive
lordofrings0000tolk_n6x8
ISBN 10
0007203608
ISBN 13
9780007203604
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786195533, 1120790675, 1028386604, 880007289
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0007203608
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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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