Titus Awakes: The Lost Book of Gormenghast

Paperback Published on: 23/06/2011
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Synopsis

In Titus Awakes the 77th Earl of Groan leaves the crumbling castle of Gormenghast and finds the larger world even stranger than his birthplace. Confronted by elemental and human threats - snowstorms, shipwrecks and attempts on his life - Titus' bravery is tested and he must fight to free himself from the claims of his past.

Peake began this fourth and final volume of the Gormenghast stories but he died having only written a few pages. Using notes and the fragments he left behind, his wife, the painter and writer Maeve Gilmore, has created a richly imagined sequel that fans of The Gormenghast Trilogy will delight in.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780099552765
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 19 mm
  • Weight: 208g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Titus Awakes
Not quite Peake but not half bad either
This is kind of an odd read as it deviates from the heavier style of the rest of the series, unsurprising since it was written by Maeve Gilmore, Peake's wi... READ MORE
Ecowitch
Titus Awakes
Titus Awakes
A treat for fans of Mervyn Peake. I especially like the characters dog with it's devoted loyalty to Titus and Kit the eccentric 'word rambling' artist. He ... READ MORE
brew13
Titus Awakes
Just awful and not a patch on the first two books
In comparison with the first two books of the original Gormenghast trilogy, this is akin to the partially flavoured, semi-solid that one is left with at th... READ MORE
Roger Lincoln