The Horse and His Boy

The Horse and His Boy
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The Horse and His Boy

Description of The Horse and His Boy:

The abridged recording of the third volume in the timeless and enchanting Narnia classic, performed by Anthony Quayle.Two hours on one cassette. Read by Anthony Quayle.

Information on The Horse and His Boy from the publisher:

Narnia...where horses talk and hermits like company, where evil men turn into donkeys, where boys go into battle...and where the adventure begins. During the Golden Age of Narnia, when Peter is High King, a boy named Shasta discovers he is not the son of Arsheesh, the Calormene fisherman, and decides to run far away to the North--to Narnia. When he is mistaken for another runaway, Shasta is led to discover who he really is and even finds his real father.

About C. S. Lewis:

Clive Staples Lewis,was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. As a child, he was fascinated by the fairy tales, myths, and ancient legends recounted to him by his Irish nurse. The image of a faun carrying parcels and an umbrella in a snowy wood came to him when he was sixteen. Many years later, the faun was joined by an evil queen and a magnificient lion. Their story became The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe. Six further Chronicles of Narnia followed, and the final title, The Last Battle, was awarded the United Kingdom's prestigious Carnegie Award.

Description of C. S. Lewis, author of The Horse and His Boy:

Back in the days when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and sisters were king and queens under him, Shasta, a young boy with a mysterious past, overheard a plot to sell him into a life of slavery. Deciding he must escape from this cruel master, Shasta never expects to find an ally in Bree-a warhorse that talks. But together they have an adventure that unites them with a runaway princess and her talking horse, pits them against a treacherous young prince, puths them on a dangerous journey across the desert and brings them face to face with a terrifying lion. Abridged. Read by Anthony Quayle. 1 cassette. 116 minutes.