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Magician's Nephew


volume 1, Chronicles of Narnia

No. of pages 208

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Great for age 7-18 years

A beautiful hardback edition of The Magician's Nephew, book one in the classic series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and colour interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.

On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible.

The Magician's Nephew is the first book in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, a series that has become part of the canon of classic literature, drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years.

 

This is volume 1 in Chronicles Of Narnia .

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. He wrote numerous books of literary criticism and on Christianity, the best-known being The Screwtape Letters, as well as four novels for adults. The Narnia stories were his only works for children.

This book contains the following story:

The Magician's Nephew
Exploring the attic one rainy afternoon, Polly and Digory manage to disturb Uncle Andrew in the course of his experiment. His punishment is to make them test his magic rings. The children find themselves in the Wood between the Worlds, a strange place full of magical pools which seem to be the gateways to other worlds. Before they return to London the children decide they will explore one other world but in so doing they awake and bring back to London the evil Empress Jadis who proceeds to wreak havoc. Desperate to get the queen away the children return with her (and a cabby and his horse) to the Wood and onto another land - Narnia.

This book has been nominated for the following award:

The Audies
This book was recognised in the Ages 8-12 Years category by the The Audies.

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