Mervyn Peake

Maeve Gilmore

A final volume of the classic Gormenghast novels, produced from recently discovered manuscripts written by his wife and based on Peake's outlines, follows Titus's nightmarish departure from Castle Gormenghast. 20,000 first printing.

Titus Awakes

Shelagh Johnson

Writings & Drawings

Sebastian Peake

These profound and moving accounts of life with Mervyn Peake provide poignant and revealing insights into the art, personality and friendships of the author of" Titus Groan," "Gormenghast" and "Titus Alone."

Two Lives

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was a prolific and astonishingly original writer and artist, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. Peake¹s Progress is a selection, compiled by his widow, Maeve Gilmore, from every period of his work as a writer and draughtsman. It contains a remarkable work from childhood. ?The White Chief of the ?Umzimbooboo Kaffirs,¹ the early ?Mr. Slaughterboard,¹ which foreshadows the Titus books, two plays, ?the Wit to Woo¹ and ?Noah¹s Ark,¹ a broadcast version of ?Mr. Pye,¹ and a generous selection of Peake¹s short stories, poems and nonsense verses as well as his drawings. Including a new preface written by Mervyn Peake¹s son, Sebastian, this edition of Peake¹s Progress is published to coincide with the centenary of Peake¹s birth.

Maeve Gilmore

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