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The first ever illustrated paperback of part one of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring 19 colour paintings by Alan Lee. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power -- the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring -- the ring that rules them all -- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.Part of a set of three paperbacks, this classic edition is available in a smart new livery, and is illustrated by Alan Lee throughout to complement the new paperback of The Children of Hurin.

Adaptací stěžejního díla J.R.R. Tolkiena od Charlese Dixona a Seana Deminga, doplněnou skvělými kresbami Davida Wenzela, vzniklo opravdu skvělé dílo, které potěší nejen Tolkienovy příznivce, ale osloví i ty, kteří knihu nikdy nečetli.

Building on the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

Nechte se okouzlit strhujícím příběhem kouzelného prstenu, který hraje klíčovou roli v boji dobra a zla v dávné Středozemi. Přidejte se ke Společenstvu prstenu, složeného z hobitů, lidí, kouzelníka, elfa i trpaslíka, kteří se vydávají do země Mordoru s jediným cílem - zničit kouzelný prsten a tak porazit moc Sarumana, pána zla. Společně s nimi prožijete mnohá dobrodružství, stanete se svědky nelítostných bitev a navštívíte kouzelné kraje, kde se setkáte s obry, draky a dalšími dobrými i zlými kouzelnými tvory.

Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power -- the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring -- the ring that rules them all -- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Now published again in B format, J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.

Nechte se okouzlit strhujícím příběhem kouzelného prstenu, který hraje klíčovou roli v boji dobra a zla v dávné Středozemi. Přidejte se ke Společenstvu prstenu, složeného z hobitů, lidí, kouzelníka, elfa i trpaslíka, kteří se vydávají do země Mordoru s jediným cílem - zničit kouzelný prsten a tak porazit moc Sarumana, pána zla. Společně s nimi prožijete mnohá dobrodružství, stanete se svědky nelítostných bitev a navštívíte kouzelné kraje, kde se setkáte s obry, draky a dalšími dobrými i zlými kouzelnými tvory.

Nedokončené príbehy Númenoru a Stredozeme sú súborom príbehov, ktoré pokrývajú celé časové pásmo od prehistorických Starých časov Stredozeme, detailne opisovaných v Silmarillione, až po Vojnu o Prsteň, ktorou vrcholí trilógia Pán prsteňov. Netvoria ucelený dejový prúd, ale ponúkajú čitateľovi ojedinelú možnosť zoznámiť sa s neskoršími či podrobnejšími verziami príbehov, s ktorými sa už stretol v predchádzajúcich knihách, nahliadnuť do procesu Tolkienovej tvorby a znalosť už známych dejov obohatiť o doposiaľ nepublikované úryvky a zlomky rozprávania. Obsiahly zväzok z autorovej pozostalosti usporiadal a komentárom a poznámkami doplnil Tolkienov syn Christopher, ktorý je aj autorom bohatého informatívneho registra.

Hobit je kniha dejovo spojená s trilógiou Pán Prsteňov. Autor, povzbudený čitateľským úspechom, ktorý nasledoval po vydaní Hobita (prvý raz vyšiel v roku 1937), sa rozhodol pokračovať v príbehoch Stredozeme a rozšíriť ich; tak sa zrodil trojdielny román Pán Prsteňov a Silmarillion. Žriedlom spisovateľovej inšpirácie boli grécka, rímska, keltská a anglosaská mytológia, artušovské, karolínske a germánske legendy. V jeho diele sa prejavilo všetko, čím bol: tvorivým spisovateľom, filológom, historikom, etnografom, znalcom mýtov, geografom, filozofom, umelcom a oddaným kresťanom. Tolkienovo rozprávačské majstrovstvo spočíva vo vytvorení vlastnej, originálnej mytológie.

For the first time in paperback, a fully illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, with colour plates by the celebrated artist Ted Nasmith -- designed to match the rest of the Tolkien series. J R R Tolkien's SILMARILLION is the core work of the Middle-eart

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien. It is a legendary time long before The Lord of the Rings, and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister NiAnor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth, and destroy the children of Hurin. Begun by J.R.R. Tolkien at the end of the First World War, The Children of Hurin became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth.But he could not bring it to a final and finished form."

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. At the end of 1937, J R R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned 'time-travel' story The Lost Road, linking the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. Also included in this volume is the The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.

Nechte se okouzlit strhujícím příběhem kouzelného prstenu, který hraje klíčovou roli v boji dobra a zla v dávné Středozemi. Přidejte se ke Společenstvu prstenu, složeného z hobitů, lidí, kouzelníka, elfa i trpaslíka, kteří se vydávají do země Mordoru s jediným cílem - zničit kouzelný prsten a tak porazit moc Sarumana, pána zla. Společně s nimi prožijete mnohá dobrodružství, stanete se svědky nelítostných bitev a navštívíte kouzelné kraje, kde se setkáte s obry, draky a dalšími dobrými i zlými kouzelnými tvory.

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The third part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The War of the Ring takes up the story of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents, continues with the journey of Frodo, Sam and Gollum to the Pass of Cirith Ungol, describes the war in Gondor, and ends with the parley between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. The book is illustrated with plans and drawings of the changing conceptions of Orthanc, Dunharrow, Minas Tirith and the tunnels of Shelob's Lair. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

Toliken zasvětil svůj život vytvářením Středozemě; krom Hobita, Pána prstenů a Silmarillionu se k ní váže i řada jiných příběhů. Mezi ně patří i Příhody Toma Bombadila, cyklus básní a písní o této tajemné bytosti. Součástí svazku je ale i několik povídek, které vznikaly vedle středozemského cyklu - Sedlák Jiljí z Oujezda, Kovář z Velké Lesné, List od Nimrala a Tulák Rover.