Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial) a dwarf named Trumpkin who is about to be drowned by two soldiers on a boat. The children tell him that they are the old Kings and Queens of Narnia, of which Trumpkin has heard of in the Narnian legends. Trumpkin tells the children the story of Prince Caspian, nephew of the current monarch, King Miraz. Caspian lived in a great castle with King Miraz and his wife Queen Prunaprismia. He has a tutor called Dr. Cornelius who one night woke him up because the Queen had given birth to a baby; with a direct heir, Miraz no longer needs
The Magician's Nephew six-year period between 1949 and 1954. He started in the summer of 1949 after finishing "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", but came to a halt after producing 26 pages of manuscript and did not resume work until two years later. This may be as a result of the autobiographical aspects of the novel, as it reflects a number of incidents and parallels very close to his own experiences. He returned to "The Magician's Nephew" late in 1950, after completing "The Silver Chair". He managed to finish close to three-quarters of the novel, and then halted work once again