J.R.R. Tolkien’s grand masterwork in a new hardcover illustrated with
the art created by Tolkien himself as he envisioned Middle-earth
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths,
and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own
power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from
him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost
to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit
Bilbo Baggins.
From Sauron’s fastness in the Dark Tower of
Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great
Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would
complete his dominion.
When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first
birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the
Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep
into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it
into the Cracks of Doom.
The Lord of the Rings tells of
the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring:
Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf;
Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger
called Strider.
This new edition is illustrated with J.R.R. Tolkien’s own artwork, created as he wrote the original text.
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