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bedlamsbardGods damn the Narnia timeline anyway. (Now we're on the England side.)
So -- okay, Digory Kirke is born 1888, Polly Plummer 1889, and The Magician's Nephew takes place in 1900, forty years before The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in 1940. World War I began in the summer of 1914 and ended in late 1918 in western Europe. The influenza outbreak of 1918 was in...uh, 1918, and 1/3 of the world's population was infected.
Okay. So. In 1900 Digory would have been twelve and Polly eleven. In 1914 Digory would have been 26 and Polly 25; Digory would probably have joined up to fight, but if he didn't, he would have been drafted in 1916 (unless he was in a priority occupation, but I'm leaning towards no, if only because by 1940 he's referred to as "professor"). Polly would have worked, or possibly joined the military in a non-combatant role, either as a nurse or something else. Clearly they both survived both the war and the flu, since they're around in 1949.
In 1940, Digory would be 52 and Polly 51. In 1949, they are 61 and 60, respectively.
The books don't say if they've ever been back to Narnia post-Magician's Nephew; I think the books imply they haven't, but LWW may imply that Digory, at least, has, or at least has tried to go there through the wardrobe. It's probable that if they did, they played no other major part in the development or history of Narnia. (I am disregarding the bit in LB where Tirian remembers them, because that seems highly unlikely and also does not mesh with my Narnia. My fic, my choice of canon.)
In conclusion, I have no point, but wanted to get the numbers and the years/events down on paper.
So -- okay, Digory Kirke is born 1888, Polly Plummer 1889, and The Magician's Nephew takes place in 1900, forty years before The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in 1940. World War I began in the summer of 1914 and ended in late 1918 in western Europe. The influenza outbreak of 1918 was in...uh, 1918, and 1/3 of the world's population was infected.
Okay. So. In 1900 Digory would have been twelve and Polly eleven. In 1914 Digory would have been 26 and Polly 25; Digory would probably have joined up to fight, but if he didn't, he would have been drafted in 1916 (unless he was in a priority occupation, but I'm leaning towards no, if only because by 1940 he's referred to as "professor"). Polly would have worked, or possibly joined the military in a non-combatant role, either as a nurse or something else. Clearly they both survived both the war and the flu, since they're around in 1949.
In 1940, Digory would be 52 and Polly 51. In 1949, they are 61 and 60, respectively.
The books don't say if they've ever been back to Narnia post-Magician's Nephew; I think the books imply they haven't, but LWW may imply that Digory, at least, has, or at least has tried to go there through the wardrobe. It's probable that if they did, they played no other major part in the development or history of Narnia. (I am disregarding the bit in LB where Tirian remembers them, because that seems highly unlikely and also does not mesh with my Narnia. My fic, my choice of canon.)
In conclusion, I have no point, but wanted to get the numbers and the years/events down on paper.