Return of the King

Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

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J.R.R. Tolkien: Return of the King (Paperback, 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

Paperback, 544 pages

English language

Published Aug. 13, 2020 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

ISBN:
978-0-358-38025-2
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OCLC Number:
1288027175

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One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

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 …

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"The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien brings the "The Lord of the Rings" to a ringing conclusion. At the end of the journey, one cannot help but be impressed by the level of detail and imagination that went into this beloved work of literature. While for the most part "The Return of the King" is a satisfying conclusion the story, the experience is lessened by a disjointed and often confusingly crafted narrative structure of the whole novel.

"The Return of the King" follows the battle between the forces of the West led by Gandalf and those of the Dark Lord Sauron. What is so wonderful about this volume is that each of the Hobbits is able to come fully into his own - Frodo completes his quest, Sam shows courage and bravery in Mordor, Merry becomes a squire to the King of Rohan, and Pippin enters into the …