⟡ The Return of the King

The Return of the King

being the third part of

The Lord of the Rings

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Contents

Front Matter

Epigraph
Note on the Text
Note on the 50th Anniversary Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Prologue

The Fellowship of the Ring

1 A Long-Expected Party
2 The Shadow of the Past
3 Three is Company
4 A Short Cut to Mushrooms
5 A Conspiracy Unmasked
6 The Old Forest
7 In the House of Tom Bombadil
8 Fog on the Barrow-downs
9 At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
10 Strider
11 A Knife in the Dark
12 Flight to the Ford

1 Many Meetings
2 The Council of Elrond
3 The Ring Goes South
4 A Journey in the Dark
5 The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
6 Lothlórien
7 The Mirror of Galadriel
8 Farewell to Lórien
9 The Great River
10 The Breaking of the Fellowship

1 The Departure of Boromir
2 The Riders of Rohan
3 The Uruk-hai
4 Treebeard
5 The White Rider
6 The King of the Golden Hall
7 Helm’s Deep
8 The Road to Isengard
9 Flotsam and Jetsam
10 The Voice of Saruman
11 The Palantír

1 The Taming of Sméagol
2 The Passage of the Marshes
3 The Black Gate is Closed
4 Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
5 The Window on the West
6 The Forbidden Pool
7 Journey to the Cross-roads
8 The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
9 Shelob’s Lair
10 The Choices of Master Samwise

The Return of the King

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 Pelennor Fields
7 The Pyre of Denethor
8 The Houses of Healing
9 The Last Debate
10 The Black Gate Opens

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

Appendices

Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers
Appendix B: The Tale of Years
Appendix C: Family Trees
Appendix D: Shire Calendar
Appendix E: Writing and Spelling
Appendix F: Languages and Peoples

Back Matter

Index
Maps
Footnotes