J.R.R. Tolkien the Lord of the Rings Set
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tolkien, J. R. R., PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), A three-volume boxed set edition ong>ofong> J.R.R. Tolkien's epic The Lord ong>ofong> the Rings, featuring film art on the cover. The set include The Fellowship ong>ofong> the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return ong>ofong> the King "An extraordinary work--pure excitement..." --The New York Times Book Review 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 ong>ofong> 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 still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands ong>ofong> the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower ong>ofong> Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow ong>ofong> the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks ong>ofong> Doom. The Lord ong>ofong> the Rings tells ong>ofong> the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship ong>ofong> the Ring: Gandalf the wizard, Merry, Pippin and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir ong>ofong> Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.