books by Mervyn Laurence Peake (trilogy anchor titus)

books by Mervyn Laurence Peake

books:

The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Groan

55 reviews
Mervyn Laurence Peake

David McKay Co, 1967

Fantasy Worth Reading
I liked this book. It takes a bit of effort compared to some books. Give it a good 50 pages if you are thinking about giving it up. I don't like fantasy novels, but this is good. It's not about a journey which is big plus for me. A lot of fantasy to me seems like characters travel from here to there. Anytime the author wants, they can just encounter new plot mechanisms. This book is a ...

Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor

6 reviews
Mervyn Laurence Peake

[Country Life], 1939

A Swashbuckling Pirate Adventure.....
Captain Slaughterboard was a mean and ferocious pirate who made hundreds of men walk the plank, and along with his nasty crew, Billy Bottle, Jonas Joints, Timothy Twitch, Charlie Choke, and Peter Poop, the cook with a cork nose, he traveled the oceans looking for battles and adventure. Then one morning, while looking through his telescope, he spied a beautiful pink island inhabited by ...

The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Alone

1 review
Mervyn Laurence Peake

David Mckay Co, 1967

The coming of age of the Earl of Gormenghast
Titus has fled Gormenghast and adventured out into the world. I won't tell you about what happens to him out their, but I will tell you this: Titus's conflict between his pride in his linege and his desire to be free breaks out into all out war. He desires to be home with the people he loves but the person he love's most, Fuchsia his sister, is dead and he loathes the mind numbing ritual and ...

Gormenghast

9 reviews
Mervyn Laurence Peake

ISIS Audio Books, 1995

A large plateful, but satisfying
It's not really possible to review Gormenghast out of context with the other two books that sandwich it: Titus Groan leads you into the world of Gormenghast and Titus Alone makes you wonder how Gormenghast, the place, exists. This second volume continues to follow the adventures of the murderously ambitious Steerpike, the maturity and self-awareness of Titus Groan, with some colorful side-trips ...