The war of the ring : the history of the Lord of the rings, part three
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
ISBN
9780618083596, 0618083596
Physical Desc
xi, 476 pages : facsimiles ; 21 cm.
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Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy (3rd floor)
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780618083596, 0618083596
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Includes index.
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In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum were finally brought to the Pass of Kirith Ungol, at which point J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at the time: 'I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without labour and difficulty'. Then comes the war in Gondor, and the book ends with the parley between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. In describing his intentions for The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien said that 'It will probably work out very differently from this plan when it really gets written, as the thing seems to write itself once it gets going'; and in The War of the Ring totally unforeseen developmenst that would become central to the narrative are seen at the moment of their emergence: the palantir bursting into fragments on the stairs of Orthanc, its nature as unknown to the author as to those who saw it fall, or the entry of Faramir into the story ('I am sure I did not invent him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien').
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1., & Tolkien, C. (2000). The war of the ring: the history of the Lord of the rings, part three . Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 and Christopher Tolkien. 2000. The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three. Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 and Christopher Tolkien. The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973, and Christopher Tolkien. The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
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