Sauron Defeated; The End of the Third Age: The History of the Lord of the Rings Part Four

Tolkien, J. R. R.; Christopher Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0395606497 / ISBN 13: 9780395606490

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, & London, 1992

About this Item

22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 482pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. First American edition with full number line ending in 1. Original price of $22.95 present on front flap. Jacket illustration by Alan Lee. Binding is tight and square. The History of Middle-Earth Volume IX.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sauron Defeated; The End of the Third Age: The History of the Lord of the Rings Part Four
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, & London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395606497
• ISBN 13: 9780395606490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

The final part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, Sauron Defeated: The End Of The Third Age 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enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety.

In the first section of Sauron Defeated Christopher Tolkien completes his fascinating study of The Lord of the Rings. Beginning with Sam’s rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of the Shire, this section ends with versions of the hitherto unpublished Epilogue, in which, years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens, Sam attempts to answer his children’s questions.

The second section is an edition of The Notion Club Papers. These mysterious papers, discovered in the early years of the twenty-first century, report the discussions of an Oxford club in the years 1986-7, in which after a number of topics, the centre of interest turns to the legend of Atlantis, the strange communications received by other members of the club from the past, and the violent irruption of the legend into the North-west of Europe.

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.