01685cam a2200265 4500 43617747 TxAuBib 20020219120000.0 151216s1965||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780048230478 0048230472 TxAuBib Tolkien, J. R. R., 1892-1973, (John Ronald Reuel.) The return of the king : being the third part of The lord of the rings. London : Unwin/Hyman, Ltd, 1965. 440 p. Lord of the Rings ; 3 The third volume of the epic The lord of the rings, set in the imaginary world of the Third Age of Middle-earth. As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents. Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive—now in the foul hands of the Orcs. And all the while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom. Accelerated Reader 6.2. Fantastic fiction. Adventure fiction. Fantasy fiction Fiction. Lord of the Rings ; 3.