The Two Towers

Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

mass market paperback, 447 pages

English language

Published Sept. 16, 1970 by Ballantine Books.

OCLC Number:
1020194154

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Few novels of our time have gathered so large and loyal a following as J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

"No imaginary world has been projected which is at once so multifarious and so true to its own inner laws...none so relevant to the actual human situation yet so free from allegory...Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron. Here is a book which will break your heart...good beyond hope." --C.S. Lewis, Time and Tide

For those who have not read Part One, The Fellowship of the Ring, the author has provided a synopsis of the story to this point. The Return of the King, the third and final volume, brings to a close his magnificent epic of Middle Earth.

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"The Two Towers" by J.R.R. Tolkien continues the rich, epic journey of "The Fellowship of the Ring," raising the stakes and plunging the heroes deeper into the fight for the fate of Middle Earth. This second volume is filled with memorable characters, rich landscapes, and poetic passages that shines through a somewhat odd and disjointed structure.

In this volume, the Fellowship splits into two parts. Book Three follows Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli as they chase after Merry and Pippin, kidnapped by Orcs and Urukai from Isengard, into Rohan, a fiercely independent kingdom under attack from Saurman. Book Four follows on parallel the story of Frodo and Sam as they move closer to Mordor to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom and along the way, they encounter a malevolent character lurking the shadows.

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