The Lord of the Rings

Immerse yourself in Middle-earth with J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic epic fantasy masterpieces behind the films...

This special 50th anniversary edition includes three volumes of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King), along with an extensive new index—a must-own tome for old and new Tolkien readers alike.

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 of 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 in this timeless story of good vs evil, 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 Sauron’s fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous high fantasy 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.

This classic fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings, tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but while he studied classic works of the past, he was creating a set of his own.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s complete masterwork of epic fantasy delivers an unforgettable adventure with: A Perilous Quest: Young hobbit Frodo Baggins inherits the One Ring and must journey to the Cracks of Doom, the only place it can be destroyed.An Unlikely Fellowship: From the wise wizard Gandalf and the mysterious Strider to loyal hobbits, a stoic dwarf, and a graceful elf, a band of heroes unites to protect the Ring-bearer.A Vast Fantasy World: Explore the sprawling, richly detailed world of Middle-earth, from the peaceful Shire to the dark land of Mordor where the Dark Lord Sauron rules.The Rings of Power: Learn the story of the Great Rings and the One Ring forged by the Dark Lord to rule them all, binding all of Middle-earth in darkness if he reclaims it.