The Lord of the Rings

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J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings (Paperback, 2003, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Paperback, 1168 pages

Published Aug. 14, 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

ISBN:
978-0-618-34399-7
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OCLC Number:
1037246581

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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 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 his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On Bilbo's 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 …

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