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Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.



Trade Review

‘The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.’ Sunday Times

‘A story magnificently told, with every kind of colour and movement and greatness.’ New Statesman

‘Masterpiece? Oh yes, I’ve no doubt about that.’ Evening Standard

‘Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.’ C.S. Lewis

The Lord of the Rings 1

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A Paperback / softback by J. R. R. Tolkien

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    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 03/11/1997
    ISBN13: 9780261103573, 978-0261103573
    ISBN10: 0261103571
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    Fantasy

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.



    Trade Review

    ‘The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.’ Sunday Times

    ‘A story magnificently told, with every kind of colour and movement and greatness.’ New Statesman

    ‘Masterpiece? Oh yes, I’ve no doubt about that.’ Evening Standard

    ‘Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.’ Sunday Telegraph

    ‘Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.’ C.S. Lewis

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