The Return of the King
Subtitle: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
By: with a foreword by the author
Edition: 22nd printing
Series: The Lord of the Rings -- pt. 3
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1970-01
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 544
Copyright date: 1965
Description: THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live.

A STATEMENT FROM THE AUTHOR ABOUT THIS AMERICAN EDITION "This paperback edition, and no other, has been published with my consent and co-operation. Those who approve of courtesy (at least) to living authors will purchase it, and no other." JRR Tolkien

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Notes: The cover painting "Barad Dûr", is by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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