In this first volume, the Gormenghast Castle and the noble family who inhabits it are introduced, along with the infant firstborn son of the lord and countess. Titus Groan is sent away to be raised by a wet nurse, with only a gold rin...

Titus turns against Gormenghast's ritual and sets forth on an uncertain quest for himself. His pilgrimage leads to encounters with mysteriously omnipotent, ruthless police and a battle to the death with Veil, a gaunt ogre with a body ...

Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the for...

The Gormenghast trilogy was one of the most unusual cult cycles of the 20th-century. In this surreal, darkly comic fantasy telling the story of Titus, 77th Earl of Groan, Mervyn Peake created a vivid world with strong characters envel...