Product Description

The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been and remain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. The best known, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translated into 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have been coloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. "How ever did you learn to talk?" asked Shasta in amazement. "Where I come from, nearly all the animals talk," replied the Horse. "The happy land of Narnia." His whinny sounded very like a sigh. Bree the horse has been kidnapped from Narnia and longs to return there. Shasta, on the verge of being sold into slavery, decides to run away with him in search of the home he's always dreamed of. But the journey is full of surprises and fraught with dangers, and when the companions uncover a treasonous plot, it also becomes a race against time!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127505 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia, the race is on to warn the inhabitants of the impending danger and to rescue them all from certain death.

None of the sheer magic of the Horse and His Boy has faded since it first delighted a generation of children in the 1950s, and anyone who has ever savoured the peculiar delights of Narnia will love this special edition, published in celebration of the centenary of CS Lewis. With its stylish, larger format featuring fine, hand-coloured illustrations by Pauline Baynes, all the magic of the originals can be found in this delectable tale which will continue to enchant hosts of new readers long into the future. --Susan Harrison

Review
"The magic of C.S. Lewis's parallel universe never fades." The Times "When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness." C S Lewis

From the Back Cover
Narnia ... where horses talk ... where treachery is brewing ... where destiny awaits

On a desperate journey, two runaways join forces looking to escape their harsh and narrow lives. Soon they are at the center of a terrible battle—that will decide their fate and the fate of Narnia.

Customer Reviews

I love this book!
Young Shasta grew up in Calormen, but always felt a drawing towards the north. When a nobleman rides up one day, and begins negotiating with Shasta's father to buy him, he learns that he is really a foundling from Narnia. Shasta wants to escape, and opportunity presents itself, when the nobleman's horse begins to talk to him! It seems that Bree was also stolen away from Narnia, so the two form an alliance and head north. But there are many adventures and surprises along the way. Plus, it seems that somebody has their eye on Shasta!

I love this book! I gather that there is some disagreement as to the order in which you should read the Chronicles of Narnia, but this one is well placed at #3, falling as it does during the later stages of the High-Kingship of Peter. This book has a wonderful Arabian Nights feel to most of it, and it is filled with adventure and suspense. I enjoyed reading this book to my children, and they enjoyed hearing it. We all recommend this book to you!

3rd book!
This is the third book of the Chronicles of Narnia series and is about a boy, called Shasta, who was looked after by Arsheesh, a Calormene fisherman. After many years, Shasta was going to be sold as a slave to a rich noble man so he decided to run away with, Bree, a talking horse belonging to the noble man, to Narnia. On there travels, Shasta and Bree meet Aravis, and her talking horse, Hwin. Together they travel to Narnia but the four have to travel through Tashbaan, the bustling capital city of Calormen. There Shasta is mistaken for Corin, the prince of this city who is actually his twin but that is not known by him. At the end, Corin's father realises that they are twins and Aravis lives at the palace with them later on getting married to Cor (Shasta's real name).

Better for the older Narnia reader
I remember this book being the worst book of all the Narina books when I read them at the age of twelve but re reading it makes all the difference. The book was both interesting and the characters were very captivating I think that its one definitely for the older reader rather than the younger readers because the magic of Narnia is captured in a different and unique way which it is not in the others book. I would question the portrayals from the book a little bit but it's not racist rather it has a subtle dig at some non - Christians but it does not in anyway flood the book with them. It is all in all a good book which I would highly recommend it.