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The illustrated Gormenghast trilogy

Peake, MervynMieville, China(Introduction by)
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'Peake's books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience' C.S.

LewisEnter the world of Gormenghast. 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, cloisters and corridors as well as the eccentric and wayward subject.

Things are changing in the castle and Titus must contend with a kingdom about to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation and murder.

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Product Details
Vintage Classics
0099528541 / 9780099528548
Hardback
823.912
23/06/2011
United Kingdom
English
Classics
xii, 943 p. : ill.
24 cm
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Contents: Titus Groan. Originally published: London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946 -- Gormenghast. Originally published: London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950 -- Titus alone. Originally published: London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959.