Title: Figures of Earth
Description: 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.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, general, Poictesme (imaginary place), fiction, Wit and humor, Humor, general, Heroes, Fiction, Medieval Civilization, American, Fantasy fiction, Comedy, Fantasy