‘The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.’ Sunday Times ‘A story magnificently told, with every kind of colour and movement and greatness.’ New Statesman ‘Masterpiece? Oh yes, I’ve no doubt about that.’ Evening Standard ‘Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.’ C.S. Lewis

The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel • Part of a set of new editions of Tolkien’s illustrated hardbacks, containing all the stunning paintings by Alan Lee • Part One of Tolkien’s great masterwork • One of the greatest works of imaginative fiction in the English language • The acknowledged Book of the 20th Century, with sales in excess of 100,000,000 worldwide • Contains the definitive, fully corrected version of the text with eyecatching covers by Alan Lee • More than 15 million people in the UK saw 'The Lord of the Rings' films Competition: A;Game of Thrones;Song of Ice and Fire;The;Witcher;Chronicles of Narnia;His Dark Materials;Hunger Games;Shadow and bone;wheel of time;dune;winter king;eye of the world;discovery of witches. by;George R R Martin;Ursula K Le Guin;C S Lewis;Philip Pullman;Neil Gaiman;J K Rowling;Christopher Tolkien