num_pages: 342
description: "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" is the first line of a novel about love, sibling rivalry and a bohemian existence in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere. Cassandra Mortmain's journal records her fadingly glamorous stepmother, Topaz; her beautiful, wistful older sister, Rose; and the man to whom all three of them owe their isolation and their poverty: Father. I Capture the Castle has inspired writers as diverse as Armistead Maupin and Joanna Trollope and remains a classic tale of the triumph of youthful naivety over middle-aged cynicism.
language: English
title: I Capture the Castle
titlecomplete: I Capture the Castle
characters: Stephen Colly, Aubrey Fox-Cotton, Neil Cotton, Cassandra Mortmain, James Mortmain, Leda Fox-Cotton, Simon Cotton, Miss Marcy, Topaz Mortmain, Rose Mortmain, Thomas Mortmain
genres: Fiction, Historical, Coming Of Age, British Literature, Young Adult, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 101335
places: Godsend Castle, Suffolk, England, Suffolk, England
publisher: Virago