The third in the series of the classic fantasy tales – The Chronicles of Narnia. Read by the unforgettable Sir Michael Hordern. The third in the series of the classic fantasy tales – The Chronicles of Narnia. Read by the unforgettable Sir Michael Hordern. “Where I come from, nearly all the animals talk,” said the Horse. “The happy land of Narnia.” His whinny sounded very like a sigh. In The Horse and His Boy, Shasta, a boy on the verge of being sold into slavery, meets Bree, a talking horse who has been kidnapped from Narnia and longs to return there. Together they decide to run away in search of his beloved home. They flee on a wild and dangerous journey through strange cities, eerie tombs and harsh deserts – in search of Narnia, where there is freedom and safety. "The magic of C. S. Lewis's parallel universe never fades." The Times Return to Narnia in the classic book for children of all ages Clive Staples Lewis, born in 1898, wrote many books for adults but the Narnia stories were his only works for children. The final title, The Last Battle, published in 1956, won the Carnegie Award, the highest mark of excellence in children’s literature. Return to Narnia in the classic book for children of all ages Requires internet connection for purchase, plus iPod or other Audible-compatible player or iTunes software on Mac OS X or Windows • Part of the Summer 2003 Narnia promotion. • Sir Michael Hordern’s warm narration of all seven Chronicles of Narnia is outstanding. Renowned for both film and TV over six decades, some of his best-known productions include The Bed-Sitting Room, Passport to Pimlico, Scrooge, Up Pompeii, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Paradise Postponed and Middlemarch. He died in 1995. • The music was specially composed and played by harpist Marisa Robles. • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was voted ‘Book of the Century’ in The Keith Barker Millennium Children’s Book Awards. • Abridged. Competition: The Secret Garden; The Hobbit; Alice in Wonderland; The Wind in the Willows; The Railway Children. by C. S. Lewis; Frances Hodgson Burnett; J. R. R. Tolkien
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