The History of Middle-earth Box Set #3: The Return of the Shadow / The Treaso... For Sale

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 13, 2024
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 1264 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063390841
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 43
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 6 x 10.9 inches
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Third in a series of hardcover box sets celebrating the literary achievementof Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dust jackets—one side featuringartwork by John Howe, and the original graphic treatment on the other. Set 3contains The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, The War of theRing, and Sauron Defeated (Books 6–9 of The History of Middle-earth).TheReturn of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of thecreation of The Lord of the Rings, a fascinating study of Tolkien’s greatmasterpiece, from its inception to the end of the first volume, The Fellowshipof the Ring.The Treason of Isengard continues the account of the creation ofThe Lord of the Rings started in the earlier volume, tracing the greatexpansion of the tale into new lands and peoples south and east of the MistyMountains: the emergence of Lothlorien, of Ents, of the Riders of Rohan, andof Saruman the White in the fortress of Isengard.The War of the Ring takes upthe story with the Battle of Helm’s Deep and the drowning of Isengard by theEnts; continues with the journey of Frodo, Sam, and Gollum to the Pass ofCirith Ungol; describes the war in Gondor; and ends with the parley betweenGandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate ofMordor.Sauron Defeated completes Christopher Tolkien’s fascinating study ofThe Lord of the Rings, beginning with Sam’s rescue of Frodo from the Tower ofCirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of theShire, with many additional scenes and the unpublished Epilogue in itsentirety.Published together for the first time, these four books collect afascinating period of Christopher Tolkien’s forty-year career devoted topresenting his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on Middle-earth, a uniqueaccomplishment that celebrates the greatest invented world in all of fantasyliterature. Read more