Der Herr der Ringe. Bd. 2 - Die zwei Türme (Der Herr der Ringe. Ausgabe in neuer Übersetzung und Rechtschreibung, Bd. 2): In der überarbeiteten Übersetzung von Wolfgang Krege

by J.R.R. Tolkien, Wolfgang Krege (Translator)

Ein ungewöhnlicher Held. Eine Reise voller Gefahren. Das größte Abenteuer aller Zeiten.
Die Fortsetzung der epischen Geschichte, die in »Die Gefährten« begann.

Die Gefährten sind verstreut. Einige bereiten sich auf den Krieg gegen den Dunklen Herrscher vor, einige stellen sich dem Verrat des verderbten Zauberers Saruman entgegen.Nur Frodo und Sam sind übrig, um den verfluchten Ring in den Feuern des Schicksalsberges zu vernichten.

Der Schicksalsberg liegt im Herzen des Reiches des Dunklen Herrschers. Ihr einziger Führer auf der gefährlichen Reise dorthin ist Gollum, eine hinterlistige und besessene Kreatur, die einst den Ring besaß und sich entsetzlich danach sehnt, ihn wieder zu kriegen. Als sich die dunklen Mächte sammeln, liegt das Schicksal von Mittelerde in den Händen von zwei einsamen Hobbits. Wird Gollum sie in den Tod führen? 

»Eines der größten Werke der Phantastik des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.«  Sunday Telegraph

511 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 16, 2026

About the author

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Oxford where he was a distinguished academic in the fields of Old and Middle English and Old Norse. His creativity, confined to his spare time, found its outlet in fantasy works, stories for children, poetry, illustration and invented languages and alphabets.

Tolkien’s most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples. Through this secondary world Tolkien writes perceptively of universal human concerns – love and loss, courage and betrayal, humility and pride – giving his books a wide and enduring appeal.

Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.

Tolkien was a professor at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford for almost forty years, teaching Old and Middle English, as well as Old Norse and Gothic. His illuminating lectures on works such as the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, illustrate his deep knowledge of ancient languages and at the same time provide new insights into peoples and legends from a remote past.

Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892 to English parents. He came to England aged three and was brought up in and around Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1915 and saw active service in France during the First World War before being invalided home. After the war he pursued an academic career teaching Old and Middle English. Alongside his professional work, he invented his own languages and began to create what he called a mythology for England; it was this ‘legendarium’ that he would work on throughout his life. But his literary work did not start and end with Middle-earth, he also wrote poetry, children’s stories and fairy tales for adults. He died in 1973 and is buried in Oxford where he spent most of his adult life.