The Return to Narnia Is Not What I, nor the Pevensies, Expected

Prince Caspian has always been the most troublesome to me of the Chronicles of Narnia. It came off to my ears like a rushed, half-inspired classic sequel created to tell us What Happened Next. The plot seemed less allegorical, less layered, and far less interesting. The outside world played little part in the book, and the Telmarines are people/up with …