TY - BOOK AU - Tolkien, J. R. R. TI - The lord of the rings: the return of the king SN - 9780345339737 AV - FIC .T65 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - CRITRICISM -- INTERPRETATIONS N1 - Includes index; Book V. -- 1. Minas tirith -- 2. The passing of the grey company -- 3. The muster of rohan -- 4. The siege of gondor -- 5. The ride of the rohirrim -- 6. The battle of the pelenor fields -- 7. The pyre of denethor -- 8. The houses of healing -- 9. The last debate -- 10. The black gate opens -- Book VI. -- 1. The tower of cirith ungol -- 2. The land of shadow -- 3. Mount doom -- 4. The field of cormallen -- 5. The steward and the king -- 6. Many partings -- 7. Homeward bound -- 8. The scouring of the shire -- 9. The grey havens N2 - The Return of the King is the towering climax to J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy that tells the saga of the hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. In this concluding volume, Frodo and Sam make a terrible journey to the heart of the Land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron. In addition to narrating the prose passages, Rob Inglis sings the trilogy’s songs and poems a capella, using melodies composed by Inglis and Claudia Howard, the Recorded Books studio director. This recording also contains Tolkien’s preface to the trilogy, including a prior history of the ring, and shire habitat, history, and folkways ER -