Back تاريخ سيد الخواتم Arabic The History of The Lord of the Rings German تاریخچه ارباب حلقهها Persian The History of The Lord of the Rings French The History of The Lord of the Rings Galician A Gyűrűk Ura históriája Hungarian La storia del Signore degli Anelli Italian ბეჭდების მბრძანებლის ისტორია Georgian История «Властелина колец» Russian ประวัติศาสตร์ลอร์ดออฟเดอะริงส์ Thai
 The cover of the paperback edition of The Return of the Shadow | |
| Editor | Christopher Tolkien |
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| Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Cover artist | Roger Garland (paperbacks) John Howe (paperbacks) |
| Language | English |
| Series | The History of Middle-earth |
Release number | 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Subject | Tolkien's legendarium |
| Genre | High fantasy Literary analysis |
| Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) |
Publication date | 1988 (The Return of the Shadow) 1989 (The Treason of Isengard) 1990 (The War of the Ring) 1992 (Sauron Defeated) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 512 (The Return of the Shadow) 512 (The Treason of Isengard) 496 (The War of the Ring) 496 (Sauron Defeated) |
| ISBN | 978-0261102248 (The Return of the Shadow) ISBN 978-0261102200 (The Treason of Isengard) ISBN 978-0261102231 (The War of the Ring) ISBN 978-0261103054 (Sauron Defeated) |
| Preceded by | The Lost Road and Other Writings |
| Followed by | Morgoth's Ring |
The History of The Lord of the Rings is a four-volume work by Christopher Tolkien published between 1988 and 1992 that documents his father's process of constructing The Lord of the Rings. The History is also numbered as volumes six to nine of The History of Middle-earth ("HoME").