This new hardcover edition brings together volumes six through nine of <i>The History of Middle-earth</i>--<i>The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring, </i> and <i>Sauron Defeated</i>--into one volume. Together these books give a fascinating and complete account of the writing of <i>The Lord of the Rings, </i> and provide the reader with numerous additional scenes, along with rare maps and illustrations that never made it into the final book, including the epilogue in its entirety.
