’A triumphant close.., a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution’

--Daily Telegraph

’A story magnificently told, with every kind of colour and movement and greatness’

--New Statesman

THE THIRD PART OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S EPIC ADVENTURE THE LORD OF THE RINGS, ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR BY ALAN LEE.

The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever 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 devastating conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale, begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, which includes the Appendices and Index in full.

Synopsis

List of Plates

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 Poems and Songs

  II Poems and Phrases in Languages Other Than Common Speech

 III Persons, Places and Things