The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C. S. Lewis. It was published in 1954, making it fifth of the seven books published in Lewis's series The Chronicles of Narnia. The book's events are chronologically third in the series, as it takes place during the period covered by The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and it was the fourth to be written, as Lewis completed it before The Silver Chair. It was published after The Silver Chair because Lewis wanted the three books involving Caspian (the "Caspian Triad") to appear together. The events of The Horse and his Boy figure in The Silver Chair as a story-within-a-story.
The Horse and His Boy is the only Narnia book which does not feature children from our world as the story's main characters, although Queen Lucy, Queen Susan, and King Edmund (all of whom first appear in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) do appear as adults in the book, and the plot depends on their actions. Peter the High King is an unseen character in the book, mentioned frequently by the Narnians.
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