false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672154m/15279.jpg 15279 4 In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum were finally brought to the Pass of Kirith Ungol, at which point J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at the time: 'I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without labour and difficulty'. Then comes the war in Gondor, and the book ends with the parley between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. <BR> <BR>In describing his intentions for The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien said that 'It will probably work out very differently from this plan when it really gets written, as the thing seems to write itself once it gets going'; and in The War of the Ring totally unforeseen developmenst that would become central to the narrative are seen at the moment of their emergence: the palantir bursting into fragments on the stairs of Orthanc, its nature as unknown to the author as to those who saw it fall, or the entry of Faramir into the story ('I am sure I did not invent him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien').<BR><BR>The book is illustrated with plans and drawings of the changing conceptions of Orthanc, Dunharrow, Minas Tirith and the tunnels of Shelob's Lair. 2964209 1990 The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 8) total:237|5:80|4:86|3:57|2:13|1:1| 237 942 475 1 5 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jul 09 17:01:39 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 17:02:24 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 23 01:02:52 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 01:02:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 14:56:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 14:56:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 21:56:18 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 21:56:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 17:24:34 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 17:38:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 16:51:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:51:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 08:24:03 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 08:24:03 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 06:21:28 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 06:21:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 10:33:08 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 10:33:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 17:23:39 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 17:23:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 14:18:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 14:18:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 16:47:41 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 16:47:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 09:26:11 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 09:26:11 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 05:05:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 05:05:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 18:49:24 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:49:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 09:50:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 09:50:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 07:41:53 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 07:41:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 14:47:18 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:47:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 14 21:10:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 21:10:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 16:07:22 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:07:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15279