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ii works by j.r.r. tolkien The Hobbit Leaf by Niggle On Fairy-Stories Farmer Giles of Ham The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth The Lord of the Rings The Adventures of Tom Bombadil The Road Goes Ever On (with Donald Swann) Smith of Wootton Major works published posthumously Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo The Father Christmas Letters The Silmarillion Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien Unfinished Tales The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Finn and Hengest Mr Bliss The Monsters and the Critics & Other Essays Roverandom The Children of Húrin The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún the history of middle-earth – by christopher tolkien I The Book of Lost Tales, Part One II The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two III The Lays of Beleriand IV The Shaping of Middle-earth V The Lost Road and Other Writings VI The Return of the Shadow VII The Treason of Isengard VIII The War of the Ring IX Sauron Defeated X Morgoth’s Ring XI The War of the Jewels XII The Peoples of Middle-earth
Copyright HarperCollinsPublishers 77–85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB www.tolkien.co.uk www.tolkienestate.com Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2008 1 This edition is based on the reset edition first published 2004 First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin 1955 Second Edition 1966 Copyright © The ® Trustees of the J.R.R.Tolkien 1967 Settlement 1955, 1966 and ‘Tolkien’ ® are registered trademarks of The J.R.R. Tolkien Estate Limited All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book onscreen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. AER Edition March 2009 ISBN: 978-0-061-91786-8 Find out more about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green
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iii THE RETURN OF THE KING being th
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SYNOPSIS This is the third part of
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synopsis the spells of Wormtongue,
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CONTENTS Synopsis vii book five I M
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THE RETURN OF THE KING being the th
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Chapter 1 MINAS TIRITH Pippin looke
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minas tirith 979 peaks, glimmering
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minas tirith 981 ‘Yes, they will
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minas tirith 983 ‘Mithrandir! Mit
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minas tirith 985 helms were of stra
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minas tirith 987 Suddenly Pippin wa
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minas tirith 989 northern Shire; ye
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minas tirith 991 the eye, as if rea
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minas tirith 993 towards the Emyn M
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minas tirith 995 Do these people ev
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minas tirith 997 ‘That is what we
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minas tirith 999 The sun was now cl
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minas tirith 1001 drove the enemy a
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minas tirith 1003 was still shining
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minas tirith 1005 Denethor; and the
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minas tirith 1007 for a soft strang
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minas tirith 1009 of Morthond, the
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minas tirith 1011 table and rolls o
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the passing of the grey company 101
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Chapter 3 THE MUSTER OF ROHAN Now a
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the muster of rohan 1037 more impor
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the muster of rohan 1039 frowning w
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the muster of rohan 1041 From this
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the muster of rohan 1043 and they a
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the muster of rohan 1045 a man’s
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the muster of rohan 1047 and beast
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the muster of rohan 1049 Éomer wen
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the muster of rohan 1051 he shivere
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the muster of rohan 1053 Thus it ca
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the siege of gondor 1055 City, and
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the siege of gondor 1057 before, in
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the siege of gondor 1059 be the Cap
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the siege of gondor 1061 easily tha
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the siege of gondor 1063 Mithrandir
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the siege of gondor 1065 you speak
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the siege of gondor 1067 ‘Gollum,
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the siege of gondor 1069 ever, look
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the siege of gondor 1071 my tower a
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the siege of gondor 1073 with red b
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the siege of gondor 1075 who had ad
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the siege of gondor 1077 someone th
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the siege of gondor 1079 of a dim d
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the siege of gondor 1081 All was si
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the siege of gondor 1083 you can, d
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the siege of gondor 1085 flash of s
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the ride of the rohirrim 1087 the t
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the ride of the rohirrim 1089 ‘Bu
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the ride of the rohirrim 1091 the e
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the ride of the rohirrim 1093 ‘We
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the ride of the rohirrim 1095 wall.
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the ride of the rohirrim 1097 And s
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the battle of the pelennor fields 1
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Chapter 7 THE PYRE OF DENETHOR When
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the pyre of denethor 1115 It stood
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the pyre of denethor 1117 maybe fin
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the pyre of denethor 1119 ‘So!’
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the pyre of denethor 1121 the bier
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Chapter 8 THE HOUSES OF HEALING A m
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the houses of healing 1125 ‘I’l
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the houses of healing 1127 Then Gan
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the houses of healing 1129 bereft o
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the houses of healing 1131 at first
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the houses of healing 1133 time mor
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the houses of healing 1135 father,
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the houses of healing 1137 Éowyn,
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the houses of healing 1139 Merry se
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Chapter 9 THE LAST DEBATE The morni
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the last debate 1143 and rest under
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the last debate 1145 are obedient t
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the last debate 1147 by such wraith
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the last debate 1149 ‘And I for t
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the last debate 1151 Too seldom has
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the last debate 1153 And yet we lea
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the last debate 1155 jeopardy, and
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the black gate opens 1157 off, a sm
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the black gate opens 1159 and the N
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the black gate opens 1161 I think,
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the black gate opens 1163 before he
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the black gate opens 1165 them all
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the black gate opens 1167 their dea
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the black gate opens 1169 At Pippin
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Chapter 1 THE TOWER OF CIRITH UNGOL
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the tower of cirith ungol 1175 forc
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the tower of cirith ungol 1177 to h
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the tower of cirith ungol 1181 of s
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the tower of cirith ungol 1183 ‘Y
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the tower of cirith ungol 1185 ‘I
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the tower of cirith ungol 1187 and
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the tower of cirith ungol 1189 Thou
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the tower of cirith ungol 1191 Sam
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the tower of cirith ungol 1193 over
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the tower of cirith ungol 1195 bett
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the tower of cirith ungol 1197 side
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the land of shadow 1199 tumbled slo
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the land of shadow 1201 knives and
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the land of shadow 1203 so sure. An
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the land of shadow 1205 ‘This is
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the land of shadow 1207 and sliding
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the land of shadow 1209 ‘I guess
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the land of shadow 1211 ‘You come
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the land of shadow 1213 range send
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the land of shadow 1215 bread, and
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the land of shadow 1217 they had se
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the land of shadow 1219 the plain n
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mount doom 1221 spread over the lan
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mount doom 1223 time, but it didn
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mount doom 1225 morrow till it came
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mount doom 1227 a sword to it. His
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mount doom 1229 ‘I’ll get there
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mount doom 1231 than if he were car
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mount doom 1233 but torn by some gu
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mount doom 1235 ‘Begone, and trou
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mount doom 1237 was a rumour and a
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mount doom 1239 A brief vision he h
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Chapter 4 THE FIELD OF CORMALLEN Al
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the field of cormallen 1243 Mordor
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the field of cormallen 1245 like we
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the field of cormallen 1247 ‘The
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the field of cormallen 1249 seven g
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the field of cormallen 1251 Guards
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the field of cormallen 1253 For our
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Chapter 5 THE STEWARD AND THE KING
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the steward and the king 1257 ‘My
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the steward and the king 1259 ungen
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the steward and the king 1261 And a
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the steward and the king 1263 and w
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the steward and the king 1265 would
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the steward and the king 1267 leave
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the steward and the king 1269 trees
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the steward and the king 1271 in th
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the steward and the king 1273 barre
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Chapter 6 MANY PARTINGS When the da
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many partings 1277 ‘But first I w
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many partings 1279 ‘Théoden King
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many partings 1281 the Worm. Eorl t
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many partings 1283 yet? For I do no
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many partings 1285 farewell, my hob
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many partings 1287 provided with al
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many partings 1289 it will serve yo
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many partings 1291 papers and pens
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many partings 1293 wrought silver.
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Chapter 7 HOMEWARD BOUND At last th
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homeward bound 1297 know what becam
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homeward bound 1299 few comments ot
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homeward bound 1301 there is a king
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homeward bound 1303 The travellers
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homeward bound 1305 half expected t
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the scouring of the shire 1307 ‘T
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the scouring of the shire 1309 and
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the scouring of the shire 1313 trav
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the scouring of the shire 1321 ther
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the scouring of the shire 1325 stay
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the scouring of the shire 1327 ough
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the scouring of the shire 1331 A la
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the scouring of the shire 1333 coul
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the grey havens 1337 than some, he
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the grey havens 1339 dust left; so
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the grey havens 1341 ‘I see,’ s
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the grey havens 1343 cut it short b
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the grey havens 1345 They camped in
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the grey havens 1347 keep them. But
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the grey havens 1349 still he stood
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1352 the return of the king I THE N
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1354 the return of the king Elros c
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1358 the return of the king was nam
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1360 the return of the king Ruling
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1362 the return of the king A great
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1364 the return of the king though
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1366 the return of the king ‘When
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1368 the return of the king With Ta
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1370 the return of the king since h
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1372 the return of the king Men of
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1374 the return of the king upon Da
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1378 the return of the king It was
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1380 the return of the king and the
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1382 the return of the king the lon
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1384 the return of the king discove
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1386 the return of the king ‘‘T
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1388 the return of the king ‘Then
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1390 the return of the king he went
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1392 the return of the king rose ev
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1394 the return of the king ‘ ‘
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1396 the return of the king friends
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1398 the return of the king powerfu
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1400 the return of the king sister,
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1404 the return of the king Kings o
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1406 the return of the king III DUR
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1408 the return of the king strong
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1410 the return of the king the Orc
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1412 the return of the king gathere
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APPENDIX B THE TALE OF YEARS (chron
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1424 the return of the king never y
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1426 the return of the king 1540 Ki
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1428 the return of the king c. 2480
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1430 the return of the king 2929 Ar
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1432 the return of the king 3002 Bi
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1434 the return of the king October
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1436 the return of the king 5 Théo
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1440 the return of the king 28. The
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1442 the return of the king Gondor
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APPENDIX C FAMILY TREES The names g
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Bosco 1167-1258 Otto the Fat 1212-1
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1454 the return of the king yén wa
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1456 the return of the king and bel
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1458 the return of the king was pro
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1460 the return of the king The Fou
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1462 the return of the king F G H I
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1464 the return of the king In Sind
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1466 the return of the king ruin; a
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1468 the return of the king ment. T
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1470 the return of the king (grades
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1472 the return of the king used. (
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1474 the return of the king familia
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the angerthas
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APPENDIX F I THE LANGUAGES AND PEOP
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1482 the return of the king of men
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1484 the return of the king further
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1486 the return of the king Ents we
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1488 the return of the king them. T
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1490 the return of the king It will
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1492 the return of the king names o
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1494 the return of the king This as
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1496 the return of the king Note on
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1498 the return of the king when in
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1500 the return of the king Wake no
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1502 the return of the king Anduin
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1504 the return of the king Araw se
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1506 the return of the king Baggins
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1508 the return of the king Beren -
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1510 the return of the king Bracegi
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1512 the return of the king Buckleb
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1514 the return of the king Citadel
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1516 the return of the king Dead -
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1518 the return of the king Dunlend
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1520 the return of the king Eldamar
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1522 the return of the king Elves -
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1524 the return of the king Éomer
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Page 578 and 579: 1536 the return of the king Hunter
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Page 582 and 583: 1540 the return of the king Mathom
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Page 586 and 587: 1544 the return of the king Moria -
Page 588 and 589: 1546 the return of the king Nazgûl
Page 590 and 591: 1548 the return of the king Ondoher
Page 592 and 593: 1550 the return of the king Pelenno
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Page 596 and 597: 1554 the return of the king Rómend
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Page 602 and 603: 1560 the return of the king Tar-Tel
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