The Return of the King

The third book is tough to get through - be warned. It also looks bigger than it is because half of it is appendices! I found this really difficult to finish, but the ending includes several chapters on the scouring of the shire and Saruman which are not in the film but are very very important - an interesting ending that highlights the sacrifices and consequences of the war and the Hobbits decision to fight evil. Unfortunately it arrived damaged and was not well packaged but the illustrations are lovely and again I would recommend due to the lovely watercolour images.

Beautiful books, received quickley.Very disappointed to see scuffing removing some of the colour on the edges and corners leaving white on view. I returned it to Amazon, thinking it was due to the lack of packaging when shipped, but having seen them in person at a store, I can see that it is a common issue with all of the books.

The content is perfect, Andy Serkis us a great narrator - but, leaving the discs in plain paper sleeves is a ridiculous. Years ago I bought The Hobbit/Lord Of The Rings audio CD's, each CD was in a printed cover, chapters separated by inserts, but this, CD's in a bit of paper, it's not good enough

Unfortunately Harper Collins' idea of a Large Print Edition is not my idea of large print at all. I have a large print Dickens novel from readhowyouwant.com which says it is 16pt and alongside it this print of the Tolkien is not much over half the size of the Dickens. Unfortunately no-one else seems able to help with a set of Rings, rights must belong just to HC. So now that I am retired and have the time to read and re-read these wonderful books i can't. No disrespect to Amazon but all three volumes are being returned.

The Return of the King is the conclusion to Tolkiens epic saga, The Lord of the Rings. Widely considered as a classic, this trilogy begins in the rolling fields of the shire and takes us through a journey of enormous proportions till at last we reach our destination in Mordor. The character development as we go through this saga is second to none as we watch our heroes Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Boromir all do great deeds,to enable the fellowship to complete it's quest.In this version of the book, it has a wonderful cover design which draws on the story itself and beautifully depicts the white tree of Gondor. As this is part of a set, it also has a sleeve design which when placed together with the other books in this set forms one of the most prominent images from the three books, the white tree of Gondor. A well crafted cover, with maps featuring inside the sleeves, I would recommend this version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to any one who wishes to own their own version of this masterpiece.