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In celebration of The Hobbit's fifteenth anniversary, the authoritative edition of its stirring sequel, The Lord of the Rings, is elegantly presented in handsome, uniform editions. In the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, 111-year-old Bilbo Baggins (hero of The Hobbit) passed along his magical ring to his orphaned nephew, Frodo — unwittingly setting its original owner, the horrible Gollum, on his trail. Lest the ring fall into evil hands, Frodo sought to destroy it at the Mountain of Fire in the enemy land of Mordor. In the Second Part, which recounts his perilous journey, Frodo succeeded in taming Gollum and enlisting his aid; the creature's treacherous nature, however, soon reasserted itself. As the Third Part opens, Frodo has been captured by orcs, and the task of destroying the ring — and saving the world of Middle-earth — falls to his plucky servant, Samwise.
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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
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
1993, Houghton Mifflin Co.
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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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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 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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