The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy

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<p>'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. Lewis</p><p>Enter 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.</p>

Autorenportrait

Mervyn Peake was born in 1911 in Kuling, Central Southern China, where his father was a medical missionary.His education began in China and then continued at Eltham College in South East London, followed by the Croydon School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools.Subsequently he became an artist, married the painter Maeve Gilmore in 1937 and had three children.During the Second World War he established a reputation as a gifted book illustrator for<i>Ride a Cock Horse</i>(1940),<i>The Hunting of the Snark</i>(1941), and<i>The Rime of The Ancient Mariner</i>(1943).Other books include<i>Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland</i>and Grimm's<i>Household Tales</i>(both 1946) and<i>Treasure Island</i>(1949).<i>Titus Groan</i>was published in 1946, followed in 1950 by<i>Gormenghast</i>.Among his other works are<i>Shapes and Sounds</i>(1941),<i>Rhymes Without Reason</i>(1944),<i>Letters from a Lost Uncle</i>(1948) and<i>Mr Pye</i>(1953).<i>Titus Alone</i>was published in 1959. Mervyn Peake died in 1968.

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