Figures of Earth

Name: Figures of Earth
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Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780345217639

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370 pages1969Ballantine BooksISBN 9780345217639

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The story of Manuel, a swineherd in thirteenth-century France, who becomes Count Manuel of Poictesme. The motto on his coat of arms is "Mundus Vult Decipi"--The world wishes to be deceived. It is in playing on others' expectations that he rises to hero status and becomes Manuel the Redeemer.

Publication Details

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1969
Pages: 370
ISBN: 9780345217639

About Unknown Author

James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles letters. He has written fifty-two books, including novels, genealogies, collections of short stories, poetry, magazine articles, and miscellanea. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1937. - Source:Wikipedia