Boxen - Childhood Chronicles Before Narnia

Half a century before the publication of The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis created another imaginary world. The tales of 'Animal-Land', which eight-year-old Jack (as his family knew him) had shared with his brother Warnie, soon developed into the chronicles of the kingdom of Boxen. In a succession of stories over the next few years, the young Lewis explored its history, geography, and the colourful exploits of its inhabitants in vivid detail, finally concluding with his Encyclopedia Boxoniana in April 1928. This unique book collects together all the Boxen stories, some never before published, together with the authors' own delightful illustrations. Complete at last, it reveals an emerging talent for fabulous and inventive fantasy, and provides a rare insight into one of the most extraordinary minds of our age. For every reader who has been captivated by the magic of Narnia, Boxen will open a window on to another enchanted land.