Magicians Nephew - C. S. Lewis

The penultimate book in C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series once again travels back in time to relate a story from Narnia’s distant past, this time presenting the world’s creation and the role that children from Victorian London played in introducing both good and evil to Narnia. 45 years before George Lucas filled in the back-story to Star Wars, Lewis does the same thing to his popular children’s literature series that began with the acclaimed ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.’ Nowadays classed as the first Narnia book in the ridiculous ‘recommended reading order,’ The Magician’s Nephew succeeds in tying up loose ends, elaborating on familiar events, and ...

The Magician's Nephew is the first book of Narnia according to the timeline of the 7 books in the Narnia series. It does not exclusively deal with the land of Narnia but in the process of the story shows us how Narnia was created and how a gateway came into existence between that land and ours. The main characters here are Polly and Digory, two children who start exploring near home and end up in a whole new world via the crafty machinations of Digory's evil Uncle Andrew, who has discovered a magical way of travelling (using rings) that he fails to properly comprehend and has not the nerve to experience himself, though he's willing to send guinea pigs out - ...

When anyone thinks of Narnia they automatically think The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, well for me it is always Magicians Nephew that comes first. (in more ways than one) Written in 1955, five years after LWW, it is the prequel to one of the most popular childrens books. And to me it is one of the most magical books I have ever read (and I have read a lot of magical books). So if you have ever wondered why the wardrobe worked, or how it got to be in the Professors huge house, or even why the witch was in Narnia, then this is the book for you. And if you don?t know the story of LWW then shame on you! It is illustrated by Pauline Baynes, who has a ...