| 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. |
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 | |