Prince Caspian is the second novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series. One year after their adventures in Narnia, the four Penvensie siblings return, only to learn that more than 1,000 years have passed there. They are called to the world by Caspian, who's in hiding from his uncle, the king. With the help of Aslan, the lion king, the children are able to restore Caspian to the throne. The novel explores the themes of growing up and of maintaining faith, even in things that can't be seen.
The two major themes of the story are courage and chivalry and, as Lewis himself said in a letter to an American girl, "the restoration of the true religion after a corruption".
The Telmarine conquest of Narnia, as depicted in the book, is in many ways similar to the historical Norman Conquest of England. Though there is no precise parallel in actual English history to the specific events of this book, the end result - "Old Narnians" and Telmarines becoming a single people and living together in harmony - is similar to the historical process of Saxons and Normans eventually fusing into a single English people.
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