When I was a child, our family had quite an elderly set of The Chronicles of Narnia, which were ordered in the sequence in which they were written. This meant that it was sixth out of the seventh books. As it is actually a prequel to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, I remember having quite a few "aha!" moments as I realized who certain characters were, or would become, and how certain things came about in the previous books. In newer sets, the books are in Narnian chronological order, so The Magician's Nephew is now the first book in the series.
This image is taken from the book The Magician's Nephew, which is the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia. In it, thanks to the scheming of young Digory Kirke's criminally stupid Uncle Andrew (the titular magician) Digory and his friend Polly are sent to another world and inadvertently loose the mad Queen Jadis of Charn upon ours. This is an illustration of her caroming through the streets of London atop a hansom cab, causing destruction and disruption about the city, intent on becoming supreme ruler. Unfortunately for her, the phlegm of Londoners in 1900 was not so easily disturbed; they assume that she is drunk and/ or crazy and merely call for a bobby. To her enraged incredulity, her threats of death and total annihilation are met with jeers and mocking laughter. When I was a child, our family had quite an elderly set of The Chronicles of Narnia, which were ordered in the sequence in which they were written. This meant that it was sixth out of the seventh books. As it is actually a prequel to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, I remember having quite a few "aha!" moments as I realized who certain characters were, or would become, and how certain things came about in the previous books. In newer sets, the books are in Narnian chronological order, so The Magician's Nephew is now the first book in the series.
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