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As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born, he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.
| ISBN | 0749394927 | | Pages | 512 | | ISBN13 | 9780749394929
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 350 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Series title | Gormenghast trilogy | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780749300517 | | Publication date | 07 Mar 1998 | | Height (mm) | 199 | | Reissue date | 06 Oct 2005 | | Width (mm) | 131 | | Non-book description | B | | Spine width (mm) | 33 | | DEWEY | 823.912 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Alternative ISBN | 9780786198177 |
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I read this book first when I was 15 - I loved it! I have revisted the Gormenghast trilogy many times over the years (I am now 52) and I still get the same joy and excitement from the novels that I did when I was a teenager. Wonderful, escapist, intelligent fantasy. Highly recommended. - Sally West Write a review
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