The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare

The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare
Author	Chris Smith
Foreword by	Christopher Lee
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Released	November 5, 2003
Format	Hardcover, Paperback
Pages	224
ISBN	0618390995

The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare is a book by HarperCollins' Tolkien-branch editor, Chris Smith. This guide contains information coming from both books and Peter Jackson's movies. It contains a foreword by Christopher Lee and an introduction by Weta Workshop's Richard Taylor.

From the publisher

Lavishly illustrated with 1,000 photos, paintings, maps, sculptures and sketches, most appearing here for the first time, Weapons and Warfare is an indispensable chronicle of The Lord of the Rings' many creatures, warriors, armies and battlegrounds. From the graceful and proficient Elves to the horrendous war machines of the Dark Lord, each culture's approach to warfare is explained -- how they fought, why they were fighting, what armor they wore and what weapons they used against their enemies. Now you can get as close to a marauding Orc as you could ever wish, without suffering the consequences! Treating the filmmakers' notes, designs and props as a true archive, Weapons and Warfare describes in detail every major conflict depicted in the film trilogy -- from The Last Alliance of Elves and Men to the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields -- each accompanied by a battle diagram from the films' chief designers. Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, and with an exclusive foreword by Christopher Lee and an introduction by the Academy Award winner Richard Taylor, Weapons and Warfare promises to be the most striking companion to The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy published to date.

Contents

The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare is composed of these chapters:

1. The History of the War of the Ring
2. The Last Alliance of Elves and Men
3. The Dead Marshes
4. The Elves of Second Age
5. Gil-galad
6. Elrond
7. Númenóreans
8. Elendil
9. Range Weapon Comparison chart
10. Isildur
11. Mordor Orcs of the Second Age
12. The Last Alliance - battle plan
13. Weathertop
14. Hobbits
15. Moria - The War of the Dwarves and the Orcs
16. Dwarves
17. Gimli
18. Cave-troll
19. The Orcs of Moria
20. Gandalf
21. The Balrog
22. Moria - plan
23. Amon Hen
24. Rohan
25. Wild Men of Dunland
26. Wargs & Warg-riders
27. The Defense of Helm's Deep
28. Forging Swords
29. Men of Rohan
30. King Théoden
31. Éomer
32. Éowyn
33. Legolas
34. Elves of Lothlórien
35. Uruk-hai
36. Helm's Deep - battle plan
37. Saruman
38. Isengard
39. Rangers of Ithilien
40. Faramir
41. Bows of Middle Earth
42. Gondor
43. Men of Gondor
44. Denethor
45. Boromir
46. The Fountain & Citadel Guard
47. Orcs and Mordor
48. The Nazgûl
49. The Siege of Gondor
50. Grond & Other Siege Equipment
51. Mountain-Trolls
52. Easterlings
53. The Battle of Pelennor Fields
54. Haradrim
55. Mûmakil
56. The Corsairs of Umbar
57. The Dead Men of Dunharrow
58. The Siege of Gondor/Battle of the Pelennor Fields - battle plan
59. The Black Gate of Mordor
60. The Mouth of Sauron
61. Aragorn
62. Sauron
63. The One Ring

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