CS Lewis: Fact And Fantasy
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CS Lewis is a household name and regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20
th century. He is the author of more than 30 books, from the much-loved Chronicles of Narnia series to the influential “Screwtape Letters” (1942) and “Mere Christianity” (1952).
His books can still be found on my family’s bookshelves, but what do we actually know of the writer and theologian outside of Narnia?
Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast on November 29, 1898. It was in December 1916 he received a scholarship to University College, Oxford. The following year, during the Great War, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry.