肖恩·宾

第二部在延续第一部风格的同时，故事呈现出多线发展的格局，情节有了更高的观赏性。　　第一部结尾，博罗米尔被强兽人杀死之后，两个霍比特人皮平和梅利也被强兽人绑架，阿拉贡、精灵莱戈拉斯（奥兰多·布鲁姆 饰）、侏儒金利一路追踪强兽人，营救皮平和梅利，遇到了“复活”的白袍巫师甘道夫 （伊恩·麦克莱恩 饰）。此时，投降索伦的白袍巫师萨鲁曼控制了人类洛汉王国的国王，并派出大量的强兽人军队，准备消灭人类。阿拉贡、莱戈拉斯和金利在甘道夫的带领下，帮助洛汉王国对抗邪恶力量的入侵。　　幸运的皮平和梅利被会说话的树精救了出来，并且遇到“复活”的甘道夫，在甘道夫的授意下，树精保护了两人的安全，并且带他们参加树精大会，大会上，树精们讨论对待中土大战的态度：是继续当中立者，逆来顺受，还是奋起反抗？　　身负重任的佛罗多（伊利亚·伍德 饰）和山姆继续向末日山脉前进，一路上被咕噜跟踪，弗罗多依靠至尊魔戒的力量，成为了咕噜的主人，在咕噜的带领下，他们到了末日山脉的入口，黑门。就在他们准备进入之时，博罗米尔的弟弟法莫尔出现，将他们带回了刚铎。弗罗多又遇上了新的危机：法莫尔想利用至尊魔戒的力量对抗萨鲁曼的攻击……

Atlanta, 1873. It's another day (Melanie's funeral, in fact), and Scarlett is determined to win back Rhett (who's spending a lot of time with Belle Watling). First, she goes to Tara and spats with Sue Ellen over Tara. Then she goes to Charleston, presenting herself to Rhett's mother and friends, to Rhett's dismay. But when she's caught in a compromising position with Ashely, she retires to her mother's people in Savannah, and her overbearing grandfather Robelard, while Rhett courts a new bride. Scarlett also seeks out her O'Hara relatives and meets her cousin Colum, a priest (and gunrunner). And knowing them, she goes to Ireland. There she meets the handsome Earl of Fenton, who owns Ballyhara, the ancestral home of the O'Haras. And when Scarlett buys it from him, she becomes the financial and spiritual head of the family. But her newfound happiness is short-lived as disasters strike, and she must rely on Rhett's love for her to save her from the gallows.