The History of The Lord of the Rings

The History of The Lord of the Rings is a four-volume work by Christopher Tolkien that documents the process of J.R.R. Tolkien's writing of . It makes volumes VI to IX of . Some information concerning the appendices and a soon-abandoned sequel to the novel can also be found in volume twelve, . Mariner Books release all four volumes combined into an omnibus paperback edition on September 1, 2000.
== Volumes ==
#(THOME VI) (1988) begins with the initial composition, and goes through to the passage of the Mines of Moria.
#(THOME VII) (1989) continues to the meeting with Théoden, King of Rohan.
#(THOME VIII) (1990) continues to the opening of the Black Gate.
#(THOME IX) (1992) finishes the story, which only takes about 1/3 of the volume. The remainder consists of The Notion Club Papers, and another draft of the "Drowning of Anadûnê".
=== Content ===
In general, the books are organized as chapters corresponding to the chapters in the final The Lord of the Rings, with additional chapters describing the "First Map", the "Second Map", and other matters. Each chapter begins with some context, then the text of a first or second draft, possibly some alternate drafts if there were especially large changes, and interspersed with extended discussion of confusing or contradictory situations. The end of each chapter includes a set of notes about points of interest, such as words that were used originally and then partially erased or struck out.
While much of the plot of early drafts is familiar, the characters are often quite different. For instance, Aragorn in his "Strider" guise is called "Trotter" instead - and he's a hobbit instead of a man - and he has wooden feet - because he had once been to Mordor and been tortured there. The hobbits travel east initially because that was the part of the world that had been mapped out in The Hobbit and that the areas to the south were literally being mapped out only a few miles ahead of the Fellowship.
Of particular interest to fans is the dropped Epilogue to The Lord of the Rings, in which a middle-aged Samwise Gamgee is reading the story to his children.
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Three of the titles of the volumes of The History of The Lord of the Rings were also also used as book titles for the seven-volume edition of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the Shadow for Book I, The Treason of Isengard for Book III and The War of the Ring for Book V.
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die geskiedenis van die Here van die Rings
Amharic 	የቀኝቶቹ ጌታ ታሪክ
Albanian 	Historia e Zotit të unazave
Arabic 	تاريخ سيد الخواتم
Armenian 	Մատանիների տիրակալը պատմությունը
Azerbaijani 	Üzüklərin Rəbbinin tarixi
Basque 	Eraztunen Jauna historia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Гісторыя Уладара Кольцаў
Bengali 	রিং লর্ড এর ইতিহাস
Bosnian 	Istorija Gospodara Prstenova
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Историята на Властелинът на пръстените
Cambodian 	ប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្តនៃព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃចិញ្ចៀនអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍នេះ
Catalan 	La història del Senyor dels Anells
Chinese 	指环王的历史
Croatian 	Povijest Gospodara prstenova
Czech 	Historie Pána prstenů
Danish 	Ringenes Herres historie
Dutch 	De geschiedenis van In de ban van de Ring
Esperanto 	La Historio de La Sinjoro de la Ringoj
Estonian 	Sõrmuste Isanda ajalugu
Faroese 	Ringanna Harri sřga
Filipino 	Ang kasaysayan ng Ang Panginoon ng Singsing
Finnish 	Taru sormusten herrasta-historia
French 	L'histoire du seigneur des anneaux
Frisian 	De Skiednis fan Master fan alle Ringen
Galician 	A Historia de O Señor dos Aneis
Georgian 	ბეჭდების მბრძანებლის ისტორია
German 	Die Geschichte Mittelerdes
Greek 	Η Ιστορία του Κυρίου των Δαχτυλιδιών
Gujarati 	ધી રિંગ્સ ભગવાન ઓફ ઇતિહાસ
Hausa 	Ubangijin zobba tarihi
Hebrew 	ההיסטוריה של שר הטבעות
Hindi 	द लॉर्ड ऑफ द रिंग्स का इतिहास
Hungarian 	A Gyűrűk Ura históriája
Icelandic 	Hringadróttinssaga saga
Indonesian 	Raja Segala Cincin sejarah
Irish Gaelic 	Stair an Tiarna na bhFáinní
Italian 	La storia de Il Signore degli Anelli
Japanese 	指輪物語歴史
Javanese 	Pangeran saka cincin sejarah
Kannada 	ದಿ ಲಾರ್ಡ್ ಆಫ್ ದಿ ರಿಂಗ್ಸ್ ಇತಿಹಾಸ
Kazakh 	Сақиналар әміршісі Тарих (Cyrillic) Saqïnalar ämirşisi Tarïx (Latin)
Korean 	반지의 제왕 역사
Kurdish 	شای ئەنگوستیلەکان مێژوو (Central Kurdish) Begê Gustîlan dîrok (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Теңир шакеги тарых
Laotian 	ປະຫວັດສາດພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງແຫວນໄດ້
Latin 	De historia Dominus Anulorum
Latvian 	Gredzenu pavēlnieks vēsture
Lithuanian 	Žiedų Viešpaties istorija
Luxembourgish 	D 'Geschicht vu Den Här vun de Réng
Macedonian Cyrillic	Историјата на Господарот на прстените
Malagasy 	Ny tantaran'ny Tompon'ireo Peratra
Malaysian 	Raja Segala Cincin sejarah
Maltese 	L-Istorja Il-Ħakkiem ta 'l-anelli
Marathi 	द लॉर्ड ऑफ द रिंग्जचा इतिहास
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Бөгжний эзэн түүх
Nepalese 	द लर्ड अफ द रिङ्ग्स इतिहास
Norwegian 	Ringenes Herre historie
Pashto 	د کړۍ_ګانې رب تاریخ
Persian 	تاریخ پروردگار حلقه ها
Polish 	Władca Pierścieni historia
Portuguese 	A história do senhor dos anéis
Punjabi 	ਰਿੰਗ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕ ਦਾ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ
Norwegian 	Ringenes Herre Historie
Romanian 	Istoria Domnului Inelelor
Russian 	История Властелина колец
Scottish Gaelic 	Eachdraidh an Tha Tighearna nam Fàinnean
Serbian 	Историја Господара Прстенова (Cyrillic) Istorija Gospodara Prstenova (Latin)
Slovak 	História Pána prsteňov
Slovenian 	Zgodovina Gospodarja prstanov
Spanish 	La historia del señor de los anillos
Sundanese 	Gusti tina Cingcin sajarah
Swahili 	Historia ya Bwana wa pete
Swedish 	Sagan om Ringen historien
Tajik Cyrillic 	Парвардигори зиреҳҳои таърих
Tamil 	த லோட் ஒவ் த ரிங்ஸ்
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Telugu 	ది హిస్టరీ ఆఫ్ ది లార్డ్ ఆఫ్ ది రింగ్స్
Thai 	ประวัติศาสตร์ลอร์ดออฟเดอะริงส์
Turkish 	Yüzüklerin Efendisi Tarihi
Turkmen 	Ýüzükleriň Padşasy taryh
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Історія Володаря перснів
Uzbek 	Узуклар Ҳукмдори тарих (Cyrillic) Uzuklar Hukmdori tarix (Latin)
Urdu 	حلقوں کے رب کی تاریخ
Vietnamese 	Lịch sử của Chúa tể những chiếc nhẫn
Welsh 	Hanes yr Arglwydd y Cylchoedd
Yiddish 	די געשיכטע פון די האר פון די רינגס
Yucatec Maya 	Le k'ajláayo' le máako' le anillos
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