Figures of Earth - James Branch Cabell

Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances (1921) is a comic fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide, where a lowly swineherd can rise to be Count of Poictesme, Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances is one of Cabell¿s best-known works of fiction, and is included in a series of novels, essays, and poems known as the Biography of the Life of Manuel. ¿They of Poictesme narrate that in the old days when miracles were as common as fruit pies, young Manuel..