“Crammed with beguiling, often surprising, insights.”

--Brian Sibley, bestselling author of Harry Potter Film Wizardry and The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide

“This is a book that will delight all Narnians.”

--Katherine Langrish, author, Troll Fell

“Jem Bloomfield…[opens up] the rich hinterland of Lewis's wonderful imagination with enthusiasm and an impressively wide familiarity with Lewis's inner world, from the Classics to the school stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A real delight, and full of illumination.”

--Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury

• HUGE NARNIA FANBASE: C.S. Lewis and his Chronicles of Narnia have a huge fan base that this will appeal to. Narnia books typically sell in the hundreds of thousands each year in the US. 
• THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES: This volume launches a new series exploring the literary and cultural roots behind C. S. Lewis’s beloved Chronicles of Narnia. Future volumes include Gold on the Horizon: A Literary Journey through Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and Signs Among the Stones: A Literary Journey through The Silver Chair and The Horse and His Boy.
• DIVE DEEPER INTO NARNIA: Explore the hidden literary allusions and echoes beneath the snow in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
• CONTEXT AND CREATION: Readers will learn about the cultural and historical backdrop and personal beliefs that inspired Lewis’s first Chronicle of Narnia. 
• PERFECT FOR FANS AND SCHOLARS: Enhance your appreciation of a beloved story through myth, imagination, and literary history. Perfect for book clubs!
• TIMELY COMPLIMENT TO NEW HOLLYWOOD ADAPTATION OF NARNIA TITLE: The first of the new series of Narnia films, Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, directed by Greta Gerwig, will release in theaters on February 12, 2027, with IMAX sneak previews starting February 10, and will stream on Netflix on April 2, 2027.