Philip Womack

Back in the magic land of Narnia

Katherine Langrish’s warm, perceptive guide to the Chronicles will be of value to newcomers and devotees alike

Fledge carries Digory and Polly over Narnia in The Magician’s Nephew. Credit: Illustration by Jonathan Barry/ Mary Evans Picture Library

  • From Spare Oom to War Drobe: Travels in Narnia with My Nine-Year-Old Self

    Katherine Langrish

    Darton, Longman & Todd, pp. 240, £16

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