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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.



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‘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 Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins
      Published 3 November 1997
      ISBN-13 9780261103573
      978-0261103573
      ISBN-10 0261103571
      Also in:
      Fiction 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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