Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-401) and index.

Prelude. The soft hills of down : an Irish childhood, 1898-1908 ; The ugly country of England : schooldays, 1908-1917 ; The vasty fields of France : war, 1917-1918 -- Oxford. Deceptions and discoveries : the making of an Oxford don, 1919-1927 ; Fellowship, family, and friendship : the early years at Magdalen College, 1927-1930 ; The most reluctant convert : the making of a mere Christian, 1930-1932 ; A man of letters : literary scholarship and criticism, 1933-1939 ; National acclaim : the wartime apologist, 1939-1942 ; International fame : the mere Christian, 1942-1945 ; A prophet without honour? : postwar tensions and problems, 1945-1954 -- Narnia. Rearranging reality : the creation of Narnia ; Narnia : exploring an imaginative world -- Cambridge. The move to Cambridge : Magdalene College, 1954-1960 ; Bereavement, illness, and death : the final years, 1960-1963 -- Afterlife. The Lewis phenomenon.