Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis

Nov 27, 2013

1h 0m

★ 6.9

Overview

C.S. Lewis's biographer A.N. Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man whose personal life was marked by the loss of the three women he most loved.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

What Larks! Productions

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Cast

Self - Presenter

A.N. Wilson

Self - Interviewee

Robert Hardy

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Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis

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