The Last Battle

fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis
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The Last Battle

Summary

The Last Battle is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.84% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,838 views/month, #240 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Last Battle authored C. S. Lewis[3].
  • The Last Battle received the Carnegie Medal[4].
  • The Last Battle's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Last Battle's illustrator is recorded as Pauline Baynes[6].
  • The Last Battle's genre is fantasy[7].
  • The Last Battle's genre is high fantasy[8].
  • The Last Battle's genre is children's fiction[9].
  • The Last Battle followed The Magician's Nephew[10].
  • The Last Battle followed The Silver Chair[11].
  • The Last Battle's part of the series is recorded as The Chronicles of Narnia[12].
  • The Last Battle is part of The Chronicles of Narnia[13].
  • The Last Battle's language of work or name is recorded as British English[14].
  • The Last Battle's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • The Last Battle's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • The Last Battle was released on September 4, 1956[17].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Digory Kirke[18].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Polly Plummer[19].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Peter Pevensie[20].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Lucy Pevensie[21].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Edmund Pevensie[22].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Eustace Scrubb[23].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Jill Pole[24].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Puzzle[25].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Shift[26].
  • The Last Battle's characters is recorded as Tirian[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 18d9a56a-4480-4e37-ad81-e933514834dd[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Last Battle authored C. S. Lewis[3].

Publication

The Last Battle was released on September 4, 1956[17]. Languages include British English[14] and English[15]. Genres include fantasy[7], high fantasy[8], and children's fiction[9]. It is part of The Chronicles of Narnia[13]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Chronicles of Narnia[12].

Subject and Themes

The Last Battle's main subject is Narnia[30]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Chronicles of Narnia[12].

Reception

The Last Battle received the Carnegie Medal[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Book of Revelation inspired The Last Battle[31]. Predecessors include The Magician's Nephew[10] and The Silver Chair[11].

Why It Matters

The Last Battle ranks in the top 0.84% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,838 views/month, #240 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did The Last Battle receive?

Honors received include Carnegie Medal[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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