The Return Of The King (the Lord Of The Rings Book 3)
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Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.
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Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.
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 agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.
Impossible to describe in a few words, JRR Tolkien’s great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal.
Review quote
‘The story moves on with a tremendous narrative rush to its climax… extraordinary imaginative work, part saga, part allegory, and wholly exciting.’
The Times
‘A triumphant close… a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution. An astonishing imaginative tour de force.’
Sunday Telegraph
‘His astonishing inventiveness remains to the end and is continued in a series of appendices.;
The Guardian
Biographical note
J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 50 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
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The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel
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The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel
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• Part Three of Tolkien’s great masterwork, one of the greatest works of imaginative fiction in the English language
• Brings the eyecatching and iconic black covers, which were based on Tolkien’s own designs and have been the mainstay of the bestselling A format editions for more than a decade, for the first time on to B format editions.
• Includes the fully corrected and reset text, making this the most definitive paperback version of Tolkien’s The Return of the King.
• More than 15 million people in the UK saw ''The Lord of the Rings'' films
• The highly anticipated prequel TV series begins September 2022 on Amazon Prime
Competition: A;Game of Thrones;Song of Ice and Fire;The;Witcher;Chronicles of Narnia;His Dark Materials;Hunger Games;Shadow and bone;wheel of time;dune;winter king;eye of the world;discovery of witches. by;George R R Martin;Ursula K Le Guin;C S Lewis;Philip Pullman;Neil Gaiman;J K Rowling;Christopher Tolkien
Author | By (author) Tolkien, J. R. R. |
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Date Of Publication | Nov 3, 1997 |
EAN | 9780261103597 |
Contributors | Tolkien, J. R. R. |
Publisher | Harpercollins |
Languages | English |
Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
Width | 129 mm |
Height | 198 mm |
Thickness | 29 mm |
Product Forms | Paperback / Softback |
Availability in Stores | Sin El-Fil, Achrafieh, ABC Dbayeh, Hazmiyeh, Metro Mall, Hamra, Tripoli Square, ABC Achrafieh, Global |
Weight | 0.320000 |