The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Overview

This three-volume boxed set of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings—including The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King—is lavishly illustrated in full color by renowned Tolkien artist Alan Lee.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.

From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618645619
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/12/2005
Series:	Lord of the Rings Series
Edition description:	50th Anniversary Edition
Pages:	1216
Sales rank:	322,062
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.95(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892–1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Date of Birth:

January 3, 1892

Date of Death:

September 2, 1973

Place of Birth:

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (South Africa)

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Education:

B.A., Exeter College, Oxford University, 1915; M.A., 1919

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"A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning." The New York Times

"Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century."—- Sunday Telegraph

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"A work of immense narrative power that can sweep the reader up and hold him enthralled for days and weeks." The Nation —

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“This collection . . . is a masterpiece.”
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