{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-king-the-lord-of-the-rings-part-three-9780345339737","title":"The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings: Part Three","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe awesome conclusion to The Lord of the Rings--the greatest fantasy epic of all time--which began in \u003ci\u003eThe Fellowship of the Ring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Towers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarms out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the One Ring, ruler of the accursed Rings of Power, must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring, he begins finally to despair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien\u003c\/b\u003e was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50579823362322,"sku":"9780345339737","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e78ca631-4eca-480b-add3-8840e1ab5c2e.jpg?v=1732005557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-return-of-the-king-the-lord-of-the-rings-part-three-9780345339737","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}