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The Return of the King audiobook

  • By: J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Narrator: J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Length: 18 hours 21 minutes
  • Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
  • Publish date: September 13, 2012
  • Language: English
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The Return of the King Audiobook Summary

The Return of the King is the towering climax to J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy that tells the saga of the hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Ring. In this concluding volume, Frodo and Sam make a terrible journey to the heart of the Land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron.

In addition to narrating the prose passages, Rob Inglis sings the trilogy’s songs and poems a capella, using melodies composed by Inglis and Claudia Howard, the Recorded Books studio director. The 13th CD in this recording contains Tolkien’s preface to the trilogy, including a prior history of the ring, and shire habitat,
history, and folkways.

–Also includes The Annals of the Kings and Rulers, an appendix to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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The Return of the King Audiobook Narrator

J.R.R. Tolkien is the narrator of The Return of the King audiobook that was written by J.R.R. Tolkien

About the Author(s) of The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of The Return of the King

The Return of the King Full Details

Narrator J.R.R. Tolkien
Length 18 hours 21 minutes
Author J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher Recorded Books, Inc.
Release date September 13, 2012
ISBN 9781470337612

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The publisher of the The Return of the King is Recorded Books, Inc.. The imprint is Recorded Books, Inc.. It is supplied by Recorded Books, Inc.. The ISBN-13 is 9781470337612.

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