The Return of the Shadow; The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One (History of Middle-Earth, 6)
J. R. R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien
Language: English
Published by Houghton and Mifflin, New York, 2000
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The History Of Middle-Earth, Vol. 6; 497 pages.
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- Title
- The Return of the Shadow; The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One (History of Middle-Earth, 6)
- Author
- J. R. R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien
- Publisher
- Houghton and Mifflin, New York
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 061808357X
- ISBN 13
- 9780618083572
- Series
- Book 6 of 12: History of Middle-Earth
- Seller catalogs
- Science Fiction/Fantasy
The first part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, The Return Of The Shadow is J.R.R. Tolkien's enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety.
The Return of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of the creation of The Lord of the Rings, a fascinating study of Tolkien's great masterpiece, from its inception to the end of the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring.
In The Return of the Shadow (the abandoned title of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings) we see how Bilbo's magic ring evolved into the supremely dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord; and the precise, and astonishingly unforeseen, moment when a Black Rider first rode in to the Shire. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed, and Frodo's companions undergo many changes of name and personality.
The book comes complete with reproductions of the first maps and facsimile pages from the earliest manuscripts.
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About the Author
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over sixty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
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