The Chronicles of Narnia Illustrated - Complete Volume

Zusatztext The seven chronicles of Narnia! bound together in one volume! with a specialintroduction! and colour versions of the outstanding original illustrationsby Pauline Baynes. Published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of theseries. Informationen zum Autor Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. Pauline Baynes was a British illustrator renowned for her work on C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia . J.R.R. Tolkien admired her work so much that she was invited to illustrate first his Farmer Giles of Ham and then The Adventures of Tom Bombadil . Her work spanned 60 years, and in 1968 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 she drew a map of the Little Kingdom for the 50th anniversary edition of Farmer Giles of Ham . Pauline Baynes died in 2008. Klappentext All seven tales in The Chronicles of Narnia are bound together, with full-colour illustrations, in one magnificent hardcover volume with a personal introduction by Douglas Gresham, stepson of C. S. Lewis. Zusammenfassung All seven tales in The Chronicles of Narnia are bound together! with full-colour illustrations! in one magnificent hardcover volume with a personal introduction by Douglas Gresham! stepson of C. S. Lewis.

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Product details

• Authors: C S Lewis, C. S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis, Clive St. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis
• Assisted by: Pauline Baynes (Illustration), Baynes Pauline (Illustration)
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2000
• EAN: 9780007100248
• ISBN: 978-0-00-710024-8
• No. of pages: 523
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 292 mm x 38 mm
• Series: The Chronicles of Narnia; Narnia; Chronicles of Narnia; Narnia; Die Chroniken von Narnia / The Chronicles of Narnia
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Classics, Interest age: from c 12 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), magic;Narnia;unabridged;snow;Christmas;witch;Aslan;Classics