The History Of Middle-earth [Boxed Set 3] The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring & Sauron Defeated - Hard CoverSynopsis Third in a series of hardcover boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double sided dustjackets. Set 3 contains The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring, and Sauron Defeated (Books 6 9 of The History of Middle earth). The Return of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of the creation of The Lord of the Rings, a fascinating study of Tolkien's great