Prince Caspian (originally published as Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia) is a high fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951. It was the second published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956), and Lewis finished writing it in 1949, before the first book was published. It is volume four in recent editions of the series, which are sequenced according to Narnian history. Like the others it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions.
Prince Caspian features a “return to Narnia’ by the four Pevensie children of the first novel, about one year later in England but 1300 years later in Narnia. It is the only one of The Chronicles of Narnia where men dominate Narnia; the talking animals and mythical beings are oppressed and some endangered. The English siblings are legendary Kings and Queens of Narnia whom the refugee Prince Caspian magically recalls for assistance, as children once again.
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