Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Laurence Peake (1911-1968) is an author best known for his Gormenghast fantasy fiction trilogy. He also published illustrated verse and short stories for children, plays, short stories, and novels. He was awarded the W. H. Heinemann Foundation Prize by the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. He was born and raised in China until the age of eleven. He went on to study at the Royal Academy School in London, where he developed as an artist, designer, and writer. He worked as an artist on the island of Sark for several years and then returned to London to hold several exhibitions of his artwork.

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Gormenghast
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Gormenghast
  • By: Mervyn Peake
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Length: 18 hours 19 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2011
  • Language: English
  • (15131 ratings)
(15131 ratings)
A doomed lord, an emergent hero, and an array of bizarre creatures haunt the world of the Gormenghast trilogy, which reigns as one of the undisputed fantasy classics of all time. At the center of it all is Titus Groan, the seventy-seventh Earl, who... Read more
Titus Alone
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Titus Alone
  • By: Mervyn Peake
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2010
  • Language: English
  • (4162 ratings)
(4162 ratings)
A doomed lord, an emergent hero, and an array of bizarre creatures haunt the world of the Gormenghast novels, considered to be some of the greatest fantasy classics of all time. At their center is the seventy-seventh earl, Titus Groan, who stands to... Read more
Titus Groan
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Titus Groan
  • By: Mervyn Peake
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Length: 17 hours 26 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2010
  • Language: English
  • (15131 ratings)
(15131 ratings)
A doomed lord, an emergent hero, and an array of bizarre creatures haunt the world of the Gormenghast novels which, along with Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, reigns as one of the undisputed fantasy classics of all time. Peake has created a world... Read more

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