The War of the Ring
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| The War of the Ring | |
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| Author: J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien | |
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin | |
| Released: November 14, 1990 | |
| Format: Hardcover | |
| Pages: 496 | |
| ISBN 039556008X | |
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The War of the Ring takes up the story of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of the Hornburg and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents, continues with the journey of Frodo, Sam and Gollum to the Pass of Cirith Ungol, describes the war in Gondor, and ends with the parley between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. Unforeseen developments that would become central to the narrative are seen at the moment of their emergence: the palantÃr 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. The book is illustrated with plans and drawings of the changing conceptions of Orthanc, Dunharrow, Minas Tirith and the tunnels of Shelob's Lair.
