The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Alone [Hardcover]

Mervyn Laurence Peake (Author)

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: David Mckay Co (June 1967)
• ISBN-10: 9997527860
• ISBN-13: 978-9997527868
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The coming of age of the Earl of Gormenghast, June 2, 2000

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This review is from: The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Alone (Hardcover)

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 arbitary laws of Gormenghast. As he travels out he finds oppression everywhere, a police force that holds terror in the population of the unnamed land he visits, a thug who tortures and oppresses a refuge woman. Titus makes and looses friends, enemies, and lovers. His sanity is questioned (Peake was falling pray to hereditary insanity when he wrote this). After much pain and grief, he finally comes to terms with himself and his heritage and finds independence. This is the story of Titus's growth to manhood. In the end we are shown what makes us who we are.