| This article is about the fourth part of The History of The Lord of the Rings. For the age itself, see The Third Age. |
Cover of the 2000 publication (Art by Alan Lee)
The End of The Third Age: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four is the title of Part One of Sauron Defeated, and is Part Four of The History of The Lord of the Rings altogether, but the same text was also published separately as a paperback edition in September of 2000, by Houghton Mifflin (US) (ISBN 0-618-08356-1).
The End of the Third Age contains J.R.R. Tolkien's many early drafts of the large story that would later become in 1949 the second half of The Return of the King, as well as his sketches of stories' chief locations. These drafts, which Christopher Tolkien first compiled around 1992, make up the book's eleven chapters, and are each accompanied by Christopher's notes and commentary. Most of these chapters would evolve (with unchanged titles) into Book Six of The Return of the King.
Table of Contents[]
- Foreword
- I - The Story of Frodo and Sam in Mordor
- II - The Tower of Kirith Ungol
- III - The Land of Shadow
- IV - Mount Doom
- V - The Field of Kormallen
- VI - The Steward and the King
- VII - Many Partings
- VIII - Homeward Bound
- IX - The Scouring of the Shire
- X - The Grey Havens
- XI - The Epilogue
- Appendix: Drawings of Orthanc and Dunharrow
- Index
Adjacent titles[]
In The History of The Lord of the Rings series, The End of the Third Age is preceded by The War of the Ring.
In Sauron Defeated, the following Part is The Notion Club Papers.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | الـ نهاية العصر الثالث |
| Armenian | Երրորդ Տարիք ավարտը |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Канец Трэцяя эпоха |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Краят на Трета възраст |
| Catalan | La Fi de la Tercera Època |
| Croatian | Kraj Trećeg doba |
| Czech | Konec Třetí věk |
| Danish | Slutten af den Tredje Tidsalder |
| Dutch | Het Einde van het Derde Era |
| Esperanto | La Fino de la Tria Erao |
| Estonian | Kolmanda ajastu lõpp |
| French | La Fin du Troisième Âge |
| Galician | O Fin da Terceira Idade |
| Georgian | მესამე ეპოქის დასასრული |
| German | Das Ende des Drittes Zeitalter |
| Greek | Το Τέλος της Τρίτη Εποχή |
| Hindi | तीसरा युग का अंत |
| Italian | La Fine della Terza Era |
| Kannada | ಮೂರನೇ ವಯಸ್ಸು ಅಂತ್ಯ |
| Latvian | Trešais laikmets beigas |
| Lithuanian | Trečiojo Amžiaus pabaiga |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Крајот на Третото Доба |
| Nepalese | तेस्रो उमेर अन्त्य |
| Norwegian | Slutten av den Tredje Alderen |
| Portuguese | O Fim da Terceira Era |
| Romanian | Sfârșitul epocii a treia |
| Russian | Конец Третьей Эпохи |
| Sinhalese | තුන්වන වයස අවසානය |
| Slovak | Koniec Tretí Vek |
| Spanish | El Fin de la Tercera Edad |
| Swedish | Slutet av den Tredje Åldern |
| Tamil | மூன்றாம் காலம் முடிவு |
| Thai | การสิ้นสุดของยุคที่สาม |
| The History of Middle-earth (1983 - 2002) |
| The Book of Lost Tales Part One | The Book of Lost Tales Part Two | The Lays of Beleriand | The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals | The Lost Road and Other Writings | The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One | The Treason of Isengard: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two | The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three | Sauron Defeated: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four | Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman | The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two | The Peoples of Middle-earth |The History of Middle-earth: Index |