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The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 6)
The Return of the Shadow The History of The Lord of the Rings Part One - The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 6
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
The Return of the Shadow is the first part of the history of the creation of The Lord of the Rings, a fascinating study of Tolkien's great masterpiece, from its inception to the end of the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring. In The Return of the Shadow (the abandoned title of the first volume of The Lord of ...  more ») we see how Bilbo's 'magic' ring evolved into the supremely dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord; and the precise, and astonishingly unforeseen, moment when a Black Rider first rode into the Shire. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed, though his true identity seems to be an insoluble problem. Frodo's companions undergo many changes of name and personality; and other major figures appear in unfamiliar guises: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, and a ferocious, malevolent Farmer Maggot. The book comes complete with reproductions of the first maps and facsimile pages from the earliest manuscripts
ISBN-13: 9780261102248
ISBN-10: 0261102249
Publication Date: 10/10/1994
Pages: 512
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Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A bit of an odd read with the footnotes added by Tolkien's sun but otherwise pretty good.


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