Lord of The Rings Trilogy

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy brought to the big screen in three parts by Peter Jackson (2001 - 2003) was based on the original Lord of The Rings by J.R.R Tolkien which tells of the struggle between good and evil in a land called Middle-Earth and of the Great War of the Ring.

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 power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him by Isildur and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of a Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was first published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955. Tolkien began working on the Lord of the Rings in 1936 just prior to the publication of The Hobbit. However he had been writing stories on Middle-Earth since 1917 which eventually became the Book of Lost Tales which was not published until after his death.

The Silmarillion tells the story of the First Age in Tolkien's world, the ancient drama that the characters in the Lord of the Rings often refer to. Elrond and Galadriel feature.

J.R.R Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. After serving in The First World war he emberked on a distinguished academic career and was regarded as on of the finest philologists in the world. He is however best know as the creator of Middle-Earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. He died in 1973 aged 81. (See J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography)

The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy [Blu-ray]