<P> The Horse and His Boy is a novel for children by C.S. Lewis , published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954 . Of the seven novels that comprise The Chronicles of Narnia ( 1950 -- 1956 ) , The Horse and His Boy was the fifth to be published ; it is also one of four of the novels that Lewis finished writing before the first book in the series had been published . In recent editions of The Chronicles of Narnia , that are sequenced according to the history of the fictional land of Narnia , The Horse and His Boy is the third book in the series . Like the other novels in The Chronicles of Narnia , it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes ; her work has been retained in many later editions . </P>
<P> The Horse and His Boy is a novel for children by C.S. Lewis , published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954 . Of the seven novels that comprise The Chronicles of Narnia ( 1950 -- 1956 ) , The Horse and His Boy was the fifth to be published ; it is also one of four of the novels that Lewis finished writing before the first book in the series had been published . In recent editions of The Chronicles of Narnia , that are sequenced according to the history of the fictional land of Narnia , The Horse and His Boy is the third book in the series . Like the other novels in The Chronicles of Narnia , it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes ; her work has been retained in many later editions . </P>
when was the horse and his boy written
when was the horse and his boy written
1954
1954