The first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic adventureTHE LORD OF THE RINGS
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In a sleepy village in the Shire,a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom,there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron's evil dominion.
Thus begins J. R. R. Tolkien's classic tale of adventure,which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008376062Number of pages: 448Weight: 310 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
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'The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.'Sunday Times
'A story magnificently told,with every kind of colour and movement and greatness.'New Statesman
'Masterpiece Oh yes,I've no doubt about that.'Evening Standard
'Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.'Sunday Telegraph
'Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.'C.S. Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien
A legendary fantasy writer best known as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction asThe Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings,The SilmarillionandThe Children of Hurin.
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