num_pages: 1349
description: Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this three-volume boxed set of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, features striking black covers based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and three maps including a detailed map of Middle-earth.Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike.
language: English
title: The Lord of the Rings
titlecomplete: The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
characters: Éowyn, Arwen Undómiel, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Saruman, Elrond Half-elven, Galadriel, Gollum, Treebeard, Boromir, Aragorn, Frodo Baggins, Éomer, Faramir, Legolas, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Peregrin Took, Sam Gamgee, Gimli
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Epic Fantasy, Literature, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 657286
places: Middle-earth
series: The Lord of the Rings
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best All-Time Series, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: -410198400000
name: International Fantasy Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Nynorsk litteraturpris
publisher: HarperCollins