title: The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle-Earth, Part 1, Vol. 6
author:  J. R. R. Tolkien 
description: J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished career as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He is the renowned creator of Middle-earth and author of the great modern classic, The Hobbit, the prelude to his epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Other works by J.R.R. Tolkien include The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.
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  # The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 3 - The Return of the King
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
  
  
  Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
  
  
  Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
  
  
  One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
  
  
  In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
  
  
  One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
  
  
  One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
  
  
  In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
  
  
  
  
  
  BOOK V
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 3 - The Return of the King
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter 1:
  
  
  Minas Tirith
  
  
  
  
  
  Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak. He wondered if he was
  awake or still sleeping, still in the swift-moving dream in which he had been
  wrapped so long since the great ride began. The dark world was rushing by and
  the wind sang loudly in his ears. He could see nothing but the wheeling stars,
  and awa