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Shadowlands: The True Story of C S Lewis and Joy Davidman Paperback – 10 December 2013
by Brian Sibley (Author)
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An updated edition of this modern classic, SHADOWLANDS tells the tragic love story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman.
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Brian Sibley is a writer and broadcaster. He has presented various television and radio programmes, including the BBC's FIRST LIGHT series, the World Service's MERIDIEN, and the radio dramatisation of C. S. Lewis' Narnia stories. His books include a biography of Rev W Awdry.
About the Author
Brian Sibley is a writer and broadcaster. He has presented various television and radio programmes, including the BBC's FIRST LIGHT series, the World Service's MERIDIEN, and the radio dramatisation of C. S. Lewis' Narnia stories. His books include a biography of Rev W Awdry.
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Mrs. D. Surrey
5.0 out of 5 stars "We read to know we are not alone!"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2015
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Excellent book that I have read a few times since purchase.What Joy Gresham went through after developing cancer of the bones,we can only guess at,but it was a lot.It was such a shame that this had to happen especially as she was blissfully married to a timeless bachelor like Jack Lewis...Even Warnie,Jack's brother grew to love Joy so much,and she helped him with his drink problem when it got out of hand,as it did on occasions.
Nothing is spared in this book,we are told every detail.Joy re-fashioned the bachelors old woodland house,into a warm and homely hide away.It was obviously a large and roomy house,it even had it's own acres and small lake.Joy had 2 boys by her previous marriage,who also settled down well in England,and they were educated to quite a good standard with Jacks help of course.
The one thing that I found particularly sad was the fact that friends who regularly visited Joy,Jack and the family,even going on holidays together,seemed to desert him in the end at his ultimate hour of need.They never even went to Joy's funeral.
A happy and sad book rolled into one.If you like the writings of C.S.Lewis then buy this.
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RR Waller
5.0 out of 5 stars The Joy of CS LewisReviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 August 2011
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SAFE READING - ONLY PARTIAL SPOILERS
Take a successful writer who is also an Oxford English Literature don of the old school, a popular radio personality and lecturer on Christianity and a confirmed bachelor; introduce him to an American poet and writer, a radical communist and atheist until her conversion to Christianity, a married woman with two children. What happens?
His old, bachelor, traditional Oxford donnish, staid world is thrown into confusion as hers, which is already in confusion, becomes clearer.
The confirmed bachelor, a founder member of the Inklings, that small group of dons who conquered the publishing world for decades, falls in love.
I will not write more, except to warn readers of the emotional journey they are about to undertake as they become more intimate with a small group of lovely people.
PS "Shadowlands" was made into a wonderful film by Richard Attenborough starring Anthony Hopkins as CS Lewis, a role he plays to perfection with great sensitivity and subtle skill. Be prepared for another deeply emotional experience at the world depicted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars WonderfulReviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2020
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I was inspired to read this book as I watched the television programme " Shadowlands ". Through this book I have found a very readable account of C S Lewis life which has inspired me to read more of his works. This book is but a beginning.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book!Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 May 2020
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Fantastic book!
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Maggie May
5.0 out of 5 stars Great bookReviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2021
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A great and fascinating read
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