| NOTE: This audio book is out of publication. Now that you are here, we hope you look around. We have 1000s of audio books and would be glad to order any audiobook you don't see here. We look forward to serving you. This audio book may be available from us in another version, on another format or as a digital - download. Written by J.R.R. Tolkien - Audio book performed by full cast - Dramatization - Fiction - 13 COMPACT DISCS - 13 hours Publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell (December 1999) Listen to an audio clip NOTE: You will need RealPlayer Basic to listen. It's FREE ! J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece is finally available on CD from the BBC. This stunning dramatized BBC production of Tolkien's classic is presented in thirteen hours on thirteen COMPACT DISCS. Starring Ian Holm and featuring a cast of 25 performers, specially composed music and sound effects, this beautifully packaged boxed set is a perfect gift for every Tolkien fan. The amazing trilogy of Tolkien's wondrous Middle Earth is presented in a stunning dramatization from the BBC- complete with original music and sound effects. A must for every Tolkien fan, the beautiful boxed set includes a special brochure and map detailing Middle Earth and its history. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest -- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. About the Author:
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, creator of Middle-Earth and author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion was born in the town of Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, where his father, Arthur, had moved to take up a senior position with a bank. | 
