The Gormenghast Trilogy
Author: Peake, Mervyn
ISBN: 9780099288893
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 1999
Pages: 960
Dimensions: 209mm x 146mm x 42mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
One of the greatest imaginative feats of the twentieth century.
A beautiful fairytale filled with unexpected plot twists.
Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric and wayward subjects) according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle. Titus must contend with treachery, manipulation and murder as well as his own longing for a life beyond the castle walls.
ISBN: 9780099288893
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 1999
Pages: 960
Dimensions: 209mm x 146mm x 42mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
One of the greatest imaginative feats of the twentieth century.
A beautiful fairytale filled with unexpected plot twists.
Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric and wayward subjects) according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle. Titus must contend with treachery, manipulation and murder as well as his own longing for a life beyond the castle walls.