num_pages: 176
description: C.S. Lewis was undoubtedly this century's best known and most loved Christian author. The Narnia Chronicles, The Screwtape Letters, and Mere Christianity are among his best loved works.Shadowlands tells the unique private story of his tragic love. In Joy Davidman, he truly found love and was drawn out of his shell. But only briefly, as she died months after they married.Brian Sibley skilfully looks at Lewis's childhood, his literary legacy and shows us how, in the end, despite grief and grievous doubts, Lewis's faith shone through.Shadowlands is also a BBC film, starring Joss Ackland and Claire Bloom in the title roles.
language: English
title: Shadowlands: The Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman
titlecomplete: Shadowlands: The Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman
genres: History, Faith, Classics, Memoir, Christianity, Religion, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Biography, Christian
ratings_count: 2031
publisher: Hodder and Stoughton