For the first time since the original publication in 1954, a new edition of The Lord of the Rings includes illustrations, drawings, and maps from author JRR Tolkien. This comes on the heels of famous exhibitions of his artwork LOTR that took place in New York, Paris and Oxford, England in 2018. The book is Currently on sale for only $31.33 on Amazon (58% off) for Prime Day 2022 – all-time low price. Note that the new version of Silmarillion Illustrated and The Fall of Numenor have also been released in recent months. You can check more Prime Day 2022 deals on books here.
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Needless to say, Tolkien fans will surely want this 1248-page hardcover copy of The Lord of the Rings in their collection. It would also be a great gift. As you will see from the image below, the cool cover is reason enough to own one.
Deb Brody, vice president and publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt notes that Tolkien was “characteristically humble, dismissive of the conspicuous and rare artistic talent he possessed despite having no formal training. This modesty meant that relatively little of his artwork was known or visible during his lifetime, and generally only in scholarly books after that.”
Of course, the new edition of the book isn’t the only reason LOTR fans are excited right now. Amazon is about to launch its LOTR TV series for its Amazon Prime video streaming service, and it looks like it’s shaping up to be appropriately epic — on a budget. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set to hit Amazon Prime Video on September 2nd. The series takes place thousands of years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, during the Second Age of Middle-earth. It begins during a period of relative peace after defeating Morgoth, lord of Sauron. The series chronicles the life and adventures of the cast and undertakes to visit the Mist Mountains, the forest capital of Lyndon, and the shores of the island kingdom of Nimenor.
The series includes a cast. Complete, includes Cynthia Addai Robinson, Robert Aramao, Owen Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniady, Morvid Clarke, Ismail Cruz Cordova, Charles Edwards, Tristan Gravel, Sir Lenny Henry, Emma Horvath, Markella Cavina, Joseph Molha, Theroux. , Sophia Numfitt, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Wyman, and Sarah Zwangobani.
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