Images of Faith and Discipleship in C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia (5)
Prince Caspian: The Old Stories Prince Caspian (hereafter PC), the second of the Narnia stories, begins with the four Pevensie children returning to Narnia by magic. They find themselves in the courtyard of a long-disused castle now in ruins and disrepair. It takes the four awhile to get their bearings but gradually it dawns on them that the ruins in which they landed are those of their former castle and royal residence, Cair Paravel itself! What has happened in the century or so since they were last in Narnia to witness and participate in Aslan’s great triumph over the evil White Witch and return the land to its rightful lordship? They gradually learn that Narnia has fallen prey to a usurper, Miraz, regent to the young Prince Caspian, who by murder and chicanery has removed those loyal to the prince and taken the reins of rule into his own hands...