The remnants of the Fellowship lead the forces of Gondor and Rohan in defence of Gondor's capital city, Minas Tirith, resulting in the epic Battle of the Pelennor Fields. He is destined to find a lost army of men, now dead yet entrapped in a curse set forth long ago by their own disobedience, in the place known as the Paths of the Dead. Aragorn, by his courage and leadership, proves himself a worthy ruler of Men. Gandalf brings Pippin with him, who enters the service of the Steward. The story begins as Gandalf delivers news to Denethor, Steward of Gondor, that war is imminent. The structure of The Return of the King mirrors somewhat that of The Two Towers in that the first section recounts the various adventures of several characters including a massive battle, and the second section resumes the quest of the Ring-bearers.Ĭontents Book V: The War of the Ring Ī 1999 edition cover of The Return of the King novel Tolkien indicated he would have preferred The War of the Ring as a title, as it gave away less of the story. The original publisher, Allen & Unwin made the decision to split the work into three parts, publishing the fifth and sixth books and the appendices under the title The Return of the King, in reference to Aragorn's assumption of the throne. Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a single volume comprising six sections he called "books" and extensive appendices. 3.3.3 Appendix C, Family Trees (Hobbits).3.3.2 Appendix B, The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands).3.3.1 Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers.3.2 Book VI: The End of the Third Age/ The Return of the King.
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