The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set
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Sumptuous slipcased edition of Tolkien’s classic epic tale of adventure， fully illustrated in colour for the first time by the author himself。 Limited to a worldwide first printing of just 5，000 copies， this deluxe volume is quarterbound in leather and includes many special features unique to this edition。 Since it was first published in 1954， The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured。 Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness， its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike。 Over 100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world， and occasional collectors’ editions become prized and valuable items of publishing。
This one-volume deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text， fully corrected and reset， which is printed in red and black and features， for the very first time， thirty colour illustrations， maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work。 These include the pages from the Book of Mazarbul， marvellous facsimiles created by Tolkien to accompany the famous ‘Bridge of Khazad-dum’ chapter。 Also appearing are two poster-size， fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Middle-earth。
This very special deluxe edition is quarterbound in cloth and red leather， with raised ribs on the spine and stamped in two foils。 The pages are edged in gold and contained within are special features unique to this edition。 It is limited to a worldwide first printing of just 5，000 copies。
This one-volume deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text， fully corrected and reset， which is printed in red and black and features， for the very first time， thirty colour illustrations， maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work。 These include the pages from the Book of Mazarbul， marvellous facsimiles created by Tolkien to accompany the famous ‘Bridge of Khazad-dum’ chapter。 Also appearing are two poster-size， fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Middle-earth。
This very special deluxe edition is quarterbound in cloth and red leather， with raised ribs on the spine and stamped in two foils。 The pages are edged in gold and contained within are special features unique to this edition。 It is limited to a worldwide first printing of just 5，000 copies。
Reviews
MiekeWin
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Man， wat duurde dit lang！ Dat zal ik van een geweldig boek nooit zeggen。 Maar dit was niet geweldig， helaas。 Het viel me niet mee。 Na het zien van de grandioze verfilming moet ik de afschuwelijke woorden zeggen: "Ik vond de film beter"。 Erg！ Man， wat duurde dit lang！ Dat zal ik van een geweldig boek nooit zeggen。 Maar dit was niet geweldig， helaas。 Het viel me niet mee。 Na het zien van de grandioze verfilming moet ik de afschuwelijke woorden zeggen: "Ik vond de film beter"。 Erg！ 。。。more
Adrienna
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Listened to the trilogy via audio book version。 Enjoyed greatly。
Joel
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"。 。 。 and the sails were drawn up， and the wind blew， and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore glimmered and was lost。 And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West， until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water。 And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil， the grey rain-curtain turned al "。 。 。 and the sails were drawn up， and the wind blew， and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore glimmered and was lost。 And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West， until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water。 And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil， the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back， and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise。" 。。。more
Eburd
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Slow。 Like wading through mud
Peter Maria
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Hanna Roberts
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All three books get five stars from me。 Endearing， masterfully constructed， thrilling， and even witty at times- these books are now my absolute favorite。 Even though I knew the end， I found myself in tears。 I also appreciated all the beautiful allegory Tolkien included - specifically in the third book。 Absolutely incredible。 I have no idea what to do with my life now that I've finished the books， and it's been a LONG time since I've felt that way after finishing a book。 I wish I could be Tolkien All three books get five stars from me。 Endearing， masterfully constructed， thrilling， and even witty at times- these books are now my absolute favorite。 Even though I knew the end， I found myself in tears。 I also appreciated all the beautiful allegory Tolkien included - specifically in the third book。 Absolutely incredible。 I have no idea what to do with my life now that I've finished the books， and it's been a LONG time since I've felt that way after finishing a book。 I wish I could be Tolkien's friend。 。。。more
Nisi Whisler
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5 Stars， of course！
Timothy Urgest
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Bless you， Tolkien。
Azmir Fakir
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A beautiful set to add to my collection。 Unlike previous illustrated LOTR/Hobbit books I own - the paper used is standard non-glossy paper， which is actually a nice change。
rui ♡³
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i might end up dropping this newsletter since i have like twenty subscriptions rn lol we’ll see i might end up dropping this newsletter since i have like twenty subscriptions rn lol we’ll see 。。。more
Jay
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Although far from perfection， occasionally clunky， and sometimes （just sometimes！！） surpassed by its own film adaptations， all that is gold does not glitter and， where this book is concerned， I cannot in a clear conscience do anything except roll out my red carpet and bestow Tolkien with all the gold stars available to me。 One does not simply give walk into Mordor and neither does one simply give The Lord of the Rings anything less than 5 stars。 It is not done。Despite all The Lord of the Rings’ Although far from perfection， occasionally clunky， and sometimes （just sometimes！！） surpassed by its own film adaptations， all that is gold does not glitter and， where this book is concerned， I cannot in a clear conscience do anything except roll out my red carpet and bestow Tolkien with all the gold stars available to me。 One does not simply give walk into Mordor and neither does one simply give The Lord of the Rings anything less than 5 stars。 It is not done。Despite all The Lord of the Rings’ flaws， the reason for its supremacy should be bleeding obvious by this stage of our human evolution: It has unquestionably one of the greatest plots of all time。 It might just be possible that it is the best example of “the quest” ever written （Hey Tolkien， Homer and Melville called and they are piiissed！）。 But Plot would be nothing without detail and Middle Earth is probably the fullest instance of fictional world-building since The Yawist and their mates cobbled together The Torah/Old Testament。 Many of the best stories， from a purely plot-based point of view， work as well as they do because they telegraph a clear destination to the reader from their outsets。 There needs to be something finite and simple that gives the story trajectory and boundaries and the rules marking out the acceptable edges of the fictional realm depicted need to be clearly delineated: Details bring emotion and vividness but knowing roughly how the end of the story will look when you’re still reading the beginning is the key to momentum and tension。 The best plots always tell us something about their endings at the start。 We know from the beginning that the story will end once Ahab finally finds Moby Dick， or when the Witches’ prophecies in Macbeth have all been realised; when Harry finally vanquishes Lord Voldemort， or when Willard terminates Colonel Kurtz’s command with extreme prejudice; when Edmund Dantes exacts his revenge， or when Walter White’s diagnosis eventually catches up with him; etc。。。 From the beginning of all these stories， a timer has started ticking and we sense that it is counting down to something important， and in any case， knowing an end goal makes undertaking any task much more manageable。The Lord of the Rings is a great example of one of these iconic， very simple， yet impossible-to-replicate plots。 The story is about getting the ring to the mountain。 We know that from the beginning， and so we set out knowing how it will end。 It’s the details on the way that make it unputdownable。 And when it comes to Tolkien’s world-building， there are so many details。 I’m personally not especially interested in studying all the lore， appendices， and fictional languages， but the fact Tolkien spent so much of his time devising Middle Earth， only to write the novels which were set there as an afterthought， does bleed into his storytelling regardless of how much attention you pay to his peripheral works。 The lands of Middle Earth feel vivid and real because you can sense the richness of their history and you can choose to dive as deep into them as you’d like， making it a world that you could return to endlessly。 Half the fun is knowing that you can google any throwaway remark about one of Tolkien’s ancient myths only to find great big， long articles in the depths of the internet。 Fantasy， generally， isn’t afforded the same sort of intellectual reverence as high literature。 I think part of the reason for that is because it deliberately doesn’t replicate reality， but rather bends some semblance of it to its will。 It， therefore， succeeds at telling compelling， twisty tales with ease， but struggles to express the experience of living on planet Earth as a human being with genuine verisimilitude （the true stuff of literature）。 Fantasy is anti-reality。 But equally， we all need a place to escape sometimes， and we can do some good contemplating about life while we’re there。 When I was younger， I had this strange fascination with maps （still do in fact… which is just as well， given what I do for a living）。 I used to carry an A-Z around with me wherever I went （I was always one of the cool kids at school）。 One year， when on a school trip to Devon， I （without being consulted for my expertise） advised the coach driver that his routing around the M25 was inefficient and likely to cause a lengthy delay。 All I’ll say is that vindication is a feeling to be cherished。 Anyway， the road systems of planet earth were never quite enough for me and I soon began building my own countries whose transport systems weren’t limited by the stagnation of the British economy and whose geographies were more extreme than those of Greater London and the Home Counties。 I set about remoulding the Earth’s oceans， adding bits of continental crust where it suited me （no doubt seriously upsetting the global geopolitical balance as I went）。 My parents still have boxes and boxes of my hand-drawn maps gathering dust in their loft。 I had a Tolkien-like whale of a time creating them。 For example， I reasoned that the Mid-Atlantic ridge was a pretty killer place to add some continental crust and so BOOM！。。。 in a jiffy the tectonic activity in the region increased and land formed out of the volcanic eruptions along the ridge。 A rugged， long and thin， Chile-like country was born。 The variations in climate along its spine and its harsh landscapes made it a hard country to hold together politically and economically， but on the whole， I was pleased by how that particular realm of mine turned out。 My masterpiece was the Australia-sized continent which I slapped down in the middle of the Pacific。 Sure， I had to eradicate Hawaii and some other pacific island nations to squeeze it in， but like Napoleon rebuilding Paris at great expense and cost to the lives of the people who lived there， it was all for the eventual good of later generations。 Maruambo， as my realm became known （my younger self was not blessed with Tolkien’s facility with language）， grew into the world’s foremost nation， complete with metro systems， ski resorts， rain forrests， University campuses， airports， space ports， national parks… its capital， Maruambo City， situated on the continents central high plains， sandwiched between the world’s two highest mountain ranges， is the now largest mono-centric metropolitan area on Earth。 It has an estimated population of almost 60 million and its contiguous urban area has a diameter of almost 100 miles。 Its old centre makes Paris look like Middlesbrough， and the new financial district to the west makes Manhattan look like Tulsa。 The city’s highly efficient and speedy metro system is my pièce de résistance， boasting over 500 stations， 30 lines， and several intersections with passenger throughputs that put to shame even Tokyo’s mighty Shinjuku。 Despite the heavy emphasis on public transport， 60 million people still need an extensive road system， and Maruambo’s busiest roads follow design standards you’d only find in North America: collector-distributor lanes galore and traffic counts far in exceedance of Ontario Highway 401 （praise be）。 I was a benevolent dictator and the people loved me for it。I guess what I’m trying to say （beyond just wanting to reminisce and remind myself how much of an eccentric child I was） is that there is a bit of Tolkien’s internal wanderlust inside us all， myself included。 The Lord of the Rings and the fantasy genre might not have the same aspirations as books like friggin’ Ulysses， but there’s something deep in the soul that drives us to worlds far away from our own， but which still retain understandable recognisability。 Middle Earth might still be the best example of someone living out that daydream。 It’s that， perhaps more than anything else， which helps it earn its place as a Great Book。In the foreword， Tolkien says his main goal was to write a really long story and see if he could hold the attention of the reader。 Nothing more， nothing less。 He refutes any literary aspersions that people try to attach to it， such as that it represents Europe in conflict during WWII or any other allegorical interpretations whatsoever。 It has become a curiously slippery object in the modern world， acting as both an inspiration to Italian right-wing extremists who see it as a “vision of spirituality against materialism”， and as a kind of aesthetic bible for Led Zeppelin and people like my left-wing anarchist friend （self-described as a “Rock ‘n’ Roll Tom Bombadil” or alternatively as a “Motorcycle Astronomer”） who says he wants to quit society altogether and live in a hole on a piece of land he intends to buy somewhere in mid-Somerset。 The truth is that it is perhaps all the things these people see as well as none of them。 What is irrefutable is that Tolkien achieved his goal: By any metric The Lord of the Rings is indeed an extremely long and popular novel。 But， despite its page count， I think its secret - and one of the reasons why it’s still the most impressive fantasy achievement of all time - is its brevity。 Tolkien had a long story to tell， but it had a pre-defined limit to its longevity。 I think a problem a lot of fantasy series struggle to avoid， A Song of Ice and Fire chief among them， is that by creating a totally fictitious world the author has no limit to the scope of their story， they can keep expanding and expanding with no boundaries。 George R。R。 Martin seems to have created a monster too gigantic to be tamed and he’s perhaps incapable of finding the energy or imaginative power necessary to finish his sprawling series。 A Song of Ice and Fire has perhaps gone beyond the limits of one man’s control and it is now in the long agonising process of being crushed under its own weight。 We see this act out catastrophically in the final season of the TV series。 There were too many threads to be tied up satisfyingly， and as a result， the final episodes became the infamous mess that we know and hate today。 The Lord of the Rings， by comparison， knows what it’s about from the start， and as I say， it telegraphs its end point from the beginning。 Long it may be， but infinitely long it is not。 When very large stars come to the end of their lives， the fusion reactions in their core come to an end and they stop producing the energy which supports their structures。 They undergo a process called core collapse before exploding in spectacular supernovae， spreading the fruits of their billions of years of labour out to the cosmos。 You might assume， then， that even larger stars than these would end their lives in some even more inspiring fashion， but， instead， when a star of between 10 to 25 solar masses exhausts all its fusion processes it collapses down into homogenised matter。 Its gravity is so strong that it instead lives on， after some of its gases escape in a supernova， crushed under its own mass as a uniformly nondescript neutron star， dwindling and cooling over extremely long periods of time。 A neutron star is a bland reminder of what once was one of the beating hearts of creation。 Game of Thrones is analogous to the gradually diminishing， impenetrably dense neutron star: Sad， once great， soon to be forgotten。 The Mount Doom chapters of The Return of the King are a glorious example of the less massive star’s supernova。 。。。more
Tik
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Great Book
Jayelee
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Love this book so much reading for 2nd time sooooooo good。
Donia
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Co więcej mogę powiedzieć
Samuel Hernández
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A nivel de fantasía， de las mejores trilogías。 Te traslada a la Tierra Media y a la mente de un autor que fantaseo con todo un universo ficticio mientras se movía entre trincheras。
henry smith
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Ok book。 Hard to read at times and not let your mind stray。 Have to say according to the way this series is written compared to the movie。 The movie was to my opinion much better。
Rifat Syed
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It broke my heart to find out that Tolkien's pesky Catholicism was so fanatical that he supported Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War。 Still love this book and all of the sections equally。 It broke my heart to find out that Tolkien's pesky Catholicism was so fanatical that he supported Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War。 Still love this book and all of the sections equally。 。。。more
Emily
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Still a classic！
Anthony
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Everything you could want and more having come from the movies。 A beautiful book， with the only fault I can think of being the difficulty of reading the first book。
Aakash
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2。75⭐One of the most frustrating book I ever read。 There were some very good and exceptional parts， but those were few and far in between。Maybe when I turn old and grey and have more patience than now， I will try to read it again（or maybe not）。 Until then， I am not touching any of Tolkien's works again。 2。75⭐One of the most frustrating book I ever read。 There were some very good and exceptional parts， but those were few and far in between。Maybe when I turn old and grey and have more patience than now， I will try to read it again（or maybe not）。 Until then， I am not touching any of Tolkien's works again。 。。。more
Sergio Alvarez
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Definitely worth reading。 Contrary to modern fantasy books， Tolkien focuses on world and characters with little action。 Battles last less than a page in this book… However the writing is almost poetic and makes up for its difficulty。
Elise
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The first time I read this I remember loving it， so I had my family listen to the unabridged audio on a long car ride。 I must have skimmed over all the songs！ Those were kind of terrible！ I suggest listening to the abridged BBC full cast versions if you're going to go the audio route！ The first time I read this I remember loving it， so I had my family listen to the unabridged audio on a long car ride。 I must have skimmed over all the songs！ Those were kind of terrible！ I suggest listening to the abridged BBC full cast versions if you're going to go the audio route！ 。。。more
Mary Ray Wade
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I’m extremely biased， cause the movie trilogy is my favorite ever， but wow， was this a great book！ Such an intricate world-building and adds many great details to the story I know and hold dear to my heart。 Each book was better than the previous one。 I only wish I had read it faster， but reading in my second language is significantly slower than reading in my native one lol。 Absolutely loved it！
Ashleigh
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DNF
Shanice
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*2。5 stars*
Arbaz
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I can't really put this review as one piece so I need to devide it the way Tolkien divided this book。 🔹The Fellowship of the Ring🔹Volume 1， books 1 and 2Continuing the story of Bilbo Baggins， LOTR is a lot， lot darker than hobbit ever was。 The story is strong and has a highly serious tone to it right from the beginning。 The fellowship is a remarkable way to kick start a story that really needs a strong base。 Tolkien is crazy when he describes nature and the scenes as the fellowship travels throu I can't really put this review as one piece so I need to devide it the way Tolkien divided this book。 🔹The Fellowship of the Ring🔹Volume 1， books 1 and 2Continuing the story of Bilbo Baggins， LOTR is a lot， lot darker than hobbit ever was。 The story is strong and has a highly serious tone to it right from the beginning。 The fellowship is a remarkable way to kick start a story that really needs a strong base。 Tolkien is crazy when he describes nature and the scenes as the fellowship travels through middle earth。 It feels like we are a part of the fellowship and that we share the burden ourselves。 The characters I would say， are a lot better described in LOTR than they were in The Hobbit。 If I have to rank all the volumes of LOTR， The Fellowship would be at the bottom， owing to some portions that I felt could have been edited as they felt repitetive and forced。 🔹The Two Towers🔹Volume 2， book 3 and 4The Two Towers is an absolute gem of a volume。 It's the most entertaining， adventurous and best written volumes of the three。 As the Narratives are divided， the characters grow incredibly beautifully。 The pace is quick yet not rushed， it gives just enough time to everything and does not dwell on over-detailing the scenarios。 This makes up for the reading backlash of The Fellowship of the Rings。 The Two Towers is at the peak of LOTR for me。 🔹The Return of the King🔹Volume 3， book 5 and 6The third and final volume is better than the first yet does not hit the mark of the second。 It overcomes the excess details of the first and maintains a smooth and intriguing tone as the second。 But at the same time， it's not as readable as The Two Towers。 The battle scenes especially are quiet confusing and you just want them to end as soon as possible。 The third volume though， still serves， if not perfect but as a satisfying end to the story。 All in all， The Lord of the Rings， collectively is one of the greatest reading experiences you could ask for。 Once you read it， you know why it is regarded so high and well。 It has the magic to keep you up all night and dismantle your daily schedule just for one another page and another and another and another。。。 Happy reading。 。。。more
Caroline
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I’m reading this for a class， which is like the most fun I’m having with a literature course， and I thought I would like the series just fine， but I think these are my favorite books now？ Maybe fellowship is my favorite of all， but I feel like you definitely take them as a unit。I have a lot to say about it， but I’m saving it for my essays。Best characters: pippin， merry， eowyn， faramir
Tyr Westerberg
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Read it many many times over and it is truly ingrained in my family， the knowledge and vast romanticism of Tolkien and his stories。 Secondary belief。 Secondary belief: "When somebody tells you a story and you know it really happened， that's the primary belief， but if someone told you a story and you know it's fictional， you know is fiction。 But so well told and the characters are so well developed and the plot is so well developed too that even though you might sit there at the movies or sit in Read it many many times over and it is truly ingrained in my family， the knowledge and vast romanticism of Tolkien and his stories。 Secondary belief。 Secondary belief: "When somebody tells you a story and you know it really happened， that's the primary belief， but if someone told you a story and you know it's fictional， you know is fiction。 But so well told and the characters are so well developed and the plot is so well developed too that even though you might sit there at the movies or sit in your comfy chair reading a book and you really get drawn in。 You get scared， and you get happy。 Because， if the story is well told Tolkien said， then the story commands involving secondary belief。 " That is something Tolkien is constantly giving and telling to a level very few have ever been able to come to。 It gives wild nature of beauty and dark rain of cloud but meanwhile， clear divinity between the differences in our nature that you may think from the outside may have confined us to something else we say we are not。 The Lord of the Rings is unbelievably recommended as always and I take myself there too。 If you haven't read 10 million times this year well then I and my partner think you should。 。。。more
Karen MCCALLUM
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I first read this at age16 momentarily escaping the napalm bright horror of the Vietnam War dropped into my living room on the news screen。 Fifty years later this sweeping fantasy quest novel has not lost it's charm。 Tolkien created a complicated civilization rich in history and lore and peopled by diverse and very different races of dwarves，elves， orc， ent， hobit， men， troll， wizard dragon。 。。。In the midst of his writing Tolkien went from the idyllic English countryside to the trenches of the W I first read this at age16 momentarily escaping the napalm bright horror of the Vietnam War dropped into my living room on the news screen。 Fifty years later this sweeping fantasy quest novel has not lost it's charm。 Tolkien created a complicated civilization rich in history and lore and peopled by diverse and very different races of dwarves，elves， orc， ent， hobit， men， troll， wizard dragon。 。。。In the midst of his writing Tolkien went from the idyllic English countryside to the trenches of the World War in Europe。 Today as I finished LOTR Russia is actively scorching the Ukraine countryside。Starting in a green land of abundance and joy of hearth and home and friendships around many meals the Hobbits of the Shire are visited by Gandalf the Grey bringing fireworks to celebrate the hundred-eleventieeth birthday of Bilbo Baggins。 （You really must read The Hobbit first） Bilbo disappears shockingly during his birthday speech。 His nephew，Frodo Baggins is left with a legacy of a very beautiful powerfully magic ring with a hidden malignant pull to the dark side。 Assisted by the wizard Gandalf ， Frodo begins a journey across Middle Earth towards Mount Doom。 Will he succeed in his quest before he is corrupted by the ring？ As the ultimate fellowship of nine companions to help in his quest are gathered amongst men， elves， dwarves and hobbits， we begin many perilous adventures through the encroaching darkness and threat of wars brewing to the southeastern kingdom's of middle earth。 。。。more
Doppia D
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