The illustrated Gormenghast trilogy : Titus Groan ; Gormenghast ; Titus Alone

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. ' A master of the macabre and a traveller through the deeper and darker chasms of the imagination' The Times ' Dark, dense, baroque and hauntingly beautiful. Peake's lush prose and imagery are a pleasure to any lover of the beauty of the written word,' Carlos Ruiz-Zafron, author of The Shadow of the Wind '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 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.