The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R.Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his. evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.

The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R.Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Homburg.Merry and Pippin, captured by orcs, escaped to Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents.

Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by Smeagol-Gollum, still obsessed by his ’preciouss’. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead;but Frodo is still alive - in the hands of the orcs.And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing.

This is the third part of a three-book edition in A-format paperback which reproduces the complete unabridged text of the three books, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, that together make up The Lord of the Rings. This reset edition contains newly drawn maps by Stephen Raw, based on Christopher Tolkien’s original maps.

SYNOPSIS

BOOK FIVE

I Minas Tirith

II The Passing of the Grey Company

III The Muster of Rohan

IV The Siege of Gondor

V The Ride of the Rohirrim

VI The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

VII The Pyre of Denethor

VIII The Houses of Healing

IX The Last Debate

X The Black Gate Opens

BOOK SIX

I The Tower of Cirith Ungol

II The Land of Shadow

III Mount Doom

IV The Field of Cormallen

V The Steward and the King

VI Many Partings

VII Homeward Bound

VIII The Scouring of the Shire

IX The Grey Havens

APPENDICES

A ANNALS OF THE KINGS AND RULERS

I The Numenorean Kings

II The House of Eorl

III Durin’s Folk

B THE TALE OF YEARS

(CHRONOLOGY OF THE WESTLANDS)

C FAMILY TREES (HOBBITS)

D CALENDARS

E WRITING AND SPELLING

I Pronunciation of Words and Names

II Writing

F I The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age

  II On Translation

INDEXES

I Songs and Verses

II Persons, Beasts and Monsters

III Places

IV Things

MAPS