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