Prince Caspian

The four Pevensie children are drawn back into Narnia, where centuries have passed and the land is ruled by the Telmarines, who have silenced its talking beasts and forgotten its old ways. They help the young Prince Caspian, rightful heir, and the Old Narnians against his usurping uncle Miraz, and learn that Aslan must be followed even when others cannot see him. Published by Geoffrey Bles in London in 1951, it is the second of the seven Chronicles of Narnia to appear, which Lewis wrote between 1949 and 1954 and published between 1950 and 1956. Lewis said the stories began with pictures rather than a plan to teach, and that he chose the form of the fairy tale because it suited what he had to say; they are among the most widely read children's books of the twentieth century. Readers disagree whether to read the series in publication order or in the order of Narnian history, in which The Magician's Nephew comes first.