The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: Part Three
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About The Return of the King
The awesome conclusion to The Lord of the Rings—the greatest fantasy epic of all time—which began in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarms out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron’s power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the One Ring, ruler of the accursed Rings of Power, must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring, he begins finally to despair.
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- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 13.5 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Long read
- Best for
- Readers seeking fantasy, j.r.r. tolkien middle-earth books
Why readers are finding The Return of the King
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1986, is a 544-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien Middle-earth Books.
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- Print ISBN
- 978-0-345-33973-7
- Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 544
