The Calormen are all dark skinned whilst our hero, Shasta is in fact Archenland royalty and he is blond and fair skinned. I can however see more in this book than I have in any of the others that I have read why Lewis gets into trouble for being racist and sexist in this series. Their journey is fraught with danger esepcially as the treacherous Calormen are about to commit an act of war on Archenland, a close ally of Narnia.Īslan makes several appearances in this novel, and this certainly is a very meaningful book. Along the way he meets up with a talking horse whose abbreviated name is Bree (we humans couldn't pronounce his whole name properly if we tried!) and Aravis and her talking horse Hwin. When he overhears his father planning to sell him off to become a slave he decides to run away and look for the magical land of Narnia. In The Horse and His Boy, Shasta has been raised as a fisherman's son, but basically worked as a in the land of Calormen.

Here is a link to my previous posts about books from the Chronicles of Narnia series.Īfter all my fuss about what is the correct order to read the Chronicles of Narnia in (see previous post here.) I then went an picked up the wrong book, so have just finished The Horse and His Boy when I should have been reading The Silver Chair! Oh well!! Reading the first line, I was convinced that I really should have read the books in chronological order.that as it was now it was definitely not the right order!! We'll see how it all fits in place once I have read The Silver Chair which is now my next read! This is probably my favourite so far after The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. They also enter underground worlds where there is a great enchantment, and learn lessons about obedience and Aslan's power along the way. They are accompanied on their journey by a Marsh-Wiggle and encounter giants who like nothing better than man-pie on their great feast days. Caspian is now and old man, and he has no heir, so Jill and Eustace are sent by Aslan to go and find him as he is being held captive. Eustace previously visited Narnia in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader with his cousins Lucy and Edmund, where his adventures included being turned into a dragon, and he really wanted to go back so he is calling Aslan to let him back into Narnia, when suddenly his request is granted.īefore he knows it, Jill and Eustace are in Narnia and on a quest to find King Caspian's son Rilian who disappeared 10 years ago. While we were visiting there was a mobile I Love Aruba sign parked along the trail – ideal for a photo op.Eustace Scrubb returns to Narnia along with his school mate Jillian Pole. The trail along the Northwestern end of the island in Malmok is not just a great running trail, but it is also used for horseback riding, segway tours and sunset strolls. And each evening we were treated to a beautiful sunset right out our front door. However, once you move beyond that unpleasantry, you soon forget all about it as you are warmed by the sun and constant Caribbean breeze.Įach morning we started the day with a really lovely walk/run along the beach and water. North of Oranjestad and the high rise hotel district, Malmok is a great, quieter section of the island.īe advised that we learned that flights arriving on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday have to endure the long and inefficient customs process at Queen Beatrix International Airport. This Christmas our island of choice was Aruba, and our home for the week was a very nice vacation home on the beach in Malmok. Several years ago we decided to try a warm, tropical location for our Christmas celebration, and we really enjoyed it.

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