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This article is about the the third part of The History of The Lord of the Rings. For the war itself, see War of the Ring. Additionally for the video game, see The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring.
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1990 hardcover edition

The War of the Ring is the eighth volume of The History of Middle-earth, edited and compiled by Christopher Tolkien, and is also Part Three of The History of The Lord of the Rings. The publication was first released in 1990.

It covers in the earliest form J.R.R. Tolkien's stories of The Lord of the Rings through the Battle of the Hornburg, the sack of Isengard, Frodo and Sam's journey through the pass of Cirith Ungol, the Great War of the Ring in Gondor, and Gandalf's encounter with the Mouth of Sauron at the Black Gate.

The inscription of this volume reads: "In the War of the Ring is traced the story of the history at Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents, then is told of the journey of Frodo with Samwise and Gollum to the Black Gate, of the meeting with Faramir and the stairs of Cirith Ungol, of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and of the coming of Aragorn in the fleet of Umbar."

Table of Contents[]

  • Foreword
  • "Part One: The Fall of Saruman"
    • I "The Destruction of Isengard"
    • II "Helm's Deep"
    • III "The Road to Isengard"
    • IV "Flotsam and Jetsam"
    • V "The Voice of Saruman"
    • VI "The Palantír"
  • "Part Two: The Ring Goes East"
    • I "The Taming of Sméagol"
    • II "The Passage of the Marshes"
    • III "The Black Gate is Closed"
    • IV "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit"
    • V "Faramir"
    • VI "The Forbidden Pool"
    • VII "Journey to the Cross-roads"
    • VIII "Kirith Ungol"
  • "Part Three: Minas Tirith"
    • I "Addendum to 'The Treason of Isengard'"
    • II "Book Five Begun and Abandoned"
    • III "Minas Tirith"
    • IV "Many Roads Lead Eastward (1)"
    • V "Many Roads lead Eastward (2)"
    • VI "The Siege of Gondor"
    • VII "The Ride of the Rohirrim"
    • VIII "The Story Foreseen from Forannest"
    • IX "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
    • X "The Pyre of Denethor"
    • XI "The Houses of Healing"
    • XII "The Last Debate"
    • XIII "The Black Gate Opens"
    • XIV "The Second Map"

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Die Oorlog van die Ring
Albanian Lufta e unazës
Amharic ጦርነት የጣት ቀለበት
Arabic حرب الحلقة
Armenian Մատանիների պատերազմ
Azerbaijani Üzüklərın müharibəsi
Basque Eraztunen Gerra
Belarusian Cyrillic Вайна кальца
Bengali দ্য রিং এর যুদ্ধ
Breton Gwalenn Brezel
Bulgarian Cyrillic Войната за пръстена
Catalan La guerra dels Anells
Cebuano Ang Gubat sa Singsing
Chinese 魔戒聖戰
Croatian Rat prstena
Czech Válka o Prsten
Danish Ringkrigen (bog)
Dutch De Oorlog om de Ring
Estonian Sõrmuse Sõda
Faroese Ringanna kríggj
Fijian Na Ivalu ni na Mama
Finnish Sormusten sota
French La Guerre des Anneaux
Galician A guerra dos Aneis
Georgian ბეჭდის ომი
German Der Krieg der Ringe
Greek Ο Πόλεμος του Δαχτυλιδιού
Gujarati આ રિંગ ની યુદ્ધ
Hebrew מלחמת הטבעות
Hindi द अंगूठी के युद्ध
Hungarian A Gyűrűháború
Icelandic Hringur stríðið
Irish Gaelic Cogadh na Fáinní
Italian La guerra dei Anelli
Japanese リング戦争
Kannada ಉಂಗುರ ಯುದ್ಧ
Kazakh Жүзік соғыс (Cyrillic) Jüzik soğıs (Latin)
Korean 반지의 전쟁
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Шакек согуш
Laotian ສົງຄາມຂອງວົງການ
Latvian Gredzenu karš
Lithuanian Žiedo karas
Luxembourgish De Krich vun der Réng
Macedonian Cyrillic Војна од прстенот
Malayalam ദി മോതിരം യുദ്ധം
Malaysian Peperangan Cincin
Maltese Il-Gwerra taċ-ċirku
Marathi अंगठी युद्ध
Mongolian Cyrillic Бөгж дайн
Nepalese औंठी लडाइ
Norwegian Ringenes kamp
Occitan La Guèrra dels Anèls
Persian جنگ حلقه ه
Polish Wojna o Pierścień
Portuguese A Guerra dos Anel
Romanian Războiul Inelelor
Russian Война Кольца
Serbian Рата Прстена (Cyrillic) Rata Prstena (Latin)
Sinhalese මුද්ද යුද්ධය
Slovak Vojna o Prsteň
Slovenian Vojna prstana
Spanish La Guerra del Anillo
Swedish Ringen krig
Tajik Cyrillic Ҷанг Ангуштарин
Tamil த மோதிரங்கள் போர்
Telugu ఉంగరము వార్
Thai สงครามแห่งแหวน
Turkish Yüzük Savaşı
Ukrainian Cyrillic Війна Персня
Urdu بجتی تھا جنگ
Uzbek Узук уруш (Cyrillic) Uzuk urush (Latin)
Welsh Y Rhyfel y Cylchoedd



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 |
Christopher Tolkien: 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


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