In The War of the Ring is traced the story of the victory 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 Morannon, of the meeting with Faramir, and the stairs of Kirith Ungol, of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and of the coming of Aragorn in the fleet of Umbar.

First Frontispiece - Dunharrow
Second Frontispiece - Shelob’s Lair

Foreword

Part One: The Fall of Saruman

1. The Destruction of Isengard (Chronology)

2. Helm’s Deep

3. The Road to Isengard
•Reproduces two manuscript pages showing five different sketches of Orthanc.

4. Flotsam and Jetsam

5. The Voice of Saruman

6. The Palantír

Part Two: The Ring Goes East

1. The Taming of Sméagol

4. Flotsam and Jetsam

5. The Voice of Saruman

6. The Palantír

Part Two: The Ring Goes East

1. The Taming of Sméagol
•Reproduces a manuscript page.

2. The Passage of the Marshes
•Reproduces two manuscript pages showing three early sketches of Kirith Ungol.

3. The Black Gate is Closed

4. Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit

5. Faramir

6. The Forbidden

7. Journey to the Cross-Roads
•Reproduces a manuscript page showing a map of the area around Minas Morgul and the Cross-roads.

8. Kirith Ungol
•Reproduces manuscript pages including: ◦Two plans of Shelob’s Lair
◦A sketch of Kirith Ungol

•Also includes two versions of Sam’s Elbereth Gilthoniel invocation.

Part Three: Minas Tirith

1. Addendum to ‘The Treason of Isengard’

2. Book Five Begun and Abandoned
•Reproduces manuscript pages showing: ◦A plan of Dunharrow
◦A plan of Harrowdale
◦A sketch of Minas Tirith


3. Minas Tirith
•Reproduces manuscript pages showing: ◦Plans of Mindolluin and Minas Tirith
◦ A plan of Minas Tirith


4. Many Roads Lead Eastward (1)
•Includes three complete versions of the verse that would become the prophecy of Malbeth the Seer.

5. Many Roads Lead Eastward (2)
•Reproduces a manuscript page including sketches of Starkhorn, Dwimmorberg and Irensaga.

6. The Siege of Gondor

7. The Ride of the Rohirrim

8. The Story Foreseen from Forannest

9. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

6. The Siege of Gondor

7. The Ride of the Rohirrim

8. The Story Foreseen from Forannest

9. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
•Includes an early version of the song The Mounds of Mundberg.

10. The Pyre of Denethor

11. The Houses of Healing

12. The Last Debate

13. The Black Gates Opens

14. The Second Map

Index