{"product_id":"the-gormenghast-trilogy-by-mervyn-peake","title":"The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake","description":"\u003cp\u003eGormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric and wayward subjects) according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle. Titus must contend with treachery, manipulation and murder as well as his own longing for a life beyond the castle walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA doomed lord, an emergent hero, and a dazzling array of bizarre creatures inhabit the magical world of the \u003cem\u003eGormenghast \u003c\/em\u003enovels which, along with Tolkien's\u003cem\u003e Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e, reign as one of the undisputed fantasy classics of all time. At the center of it all is the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, who stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle and its kingdom, unless the conniving Steerpike, who is determined to rise above his menial position and control the House of Groan, has his way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Wear to cover edges, creasing on spine. Very light yellowing to page edges. Binding is tight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Vintage, 1999.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0099284383\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50096433791218,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_67312e5b-dad3-48f5-bd46-7d46bebadae9.jpg?v=1789738575","url":"https:\/\/www.laureltreebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-gormenghast-trilogy-by-mervyn-peake","provider":"Laurel Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}