The Return of the King - Rilegato

Tolkien, J. R. R.

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ISBN 10: 039548930X ISBN 13: 9780395489307

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988

Riassunto

The standard harcover edition of the concluding volume of The Lord of the Rings includes a large format fold-out map and extensive appendices. As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents. Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive -- now in the foul hands of the Orcs. And all the while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom.

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Recensione:

"A triumphant close . . . a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution. An astonishing imaginative tour de force." -- Daily Telegraph

"An impressive achievement, unique among the imaginative works of our times." The New York Herald-Tribune

L'autore:

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 039548930X
• ISBN 13: 9780395489307
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 440