The Return of the Shadow

This is the sixth volume of the History of Middle Earth (HOME) series and the first of the History of the Lord of the Rings sub-series. It covers the first several drafts of the beginning of The Lord of the Rings. I really enjoyed this book. It was a nice break from the first five volumes which look at the stories that make up The Silmarillion. I'm sure I liked this book because I'm more familiar with the LOTR than I am with the Silmarillion stories and I'm enjoying the break from them. Different is good, especially when you're getting twelve volumes of drafts and notes and research.

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