Prince Caspian
C. S. Lewis
Hardcover
(Macmillian, March 15, 1951)
Quoted from the dust jacket: How good Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts conquered the Telmarines. In this second Chronicle of Narnia, the magic land of dancing trees and talking animals, C. S. Lewis proves again that he can captivate readers of all ages. In their second trip to Narnia, Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy discover that an evil king from Telmarine has taken control of Narnia. The foreign ruler has tried to kill off the wood folk, but there are still many hiding in the remote corners of the land. The four children help the young Prince Caspian organize his army of Talking Beasts, and, with the help of the noble lion Aslan, Narnia is once more freed of evil. Every child who reads this story will find himself in a land of enchantment, fighting battles with magic swords and eating magic feasts with the wonderful people of Narnia. Pauline Baynes' line drawings capture the medieval pomp and pageantry of the colorful land of Narnia and its people.