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The High Place - A Comedy of Disenchantment (Paperback)
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The High Place - A Comedy of Disenchantment (Paperback)
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Loot Price R219
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The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment (1923) is a 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,
The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment is one work in a series
of novels, essays, and poems known as the Biography of the Life of
Manuel. Descended from a line of such legendary heroes as Jurgen
and Dom Manuel, Florian, Duke of Puysange, is a relative disgrace
to his family name. Known as a dishonorable man, disloyal husband,
and destructive ruler, Florian harbors a secret desire. Since
boyhood, when he first laid eyes on the daughter of King Helmas,
Florian has known that the only way he could ever be happy would be
through marriage to Melior. Unable to access the mystical Forest of
Acaire, however, he takes out his frustration on friends and foes
alike. When Janicot, a shadowy figure, offers Florian his blessing,
the Duke sets out for the castle of King Helmas without regard to
the details of their pact. Set in a fictionalized France of the
13th century, The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment is a
captivating story of fantasy and adventure featuring a flawed hero
whose mythical world is not entirely different from our own.
Cabell's work has long been described as escapist, his novels and
stories derided as fantastic and obsessive recreations of a world
lost long ago. To read The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment,
however, is to understand that the issues therein-the struggle for
power, the unspoken distance between men and women-were vastly
important not only at the time of its publication, but in our own,
divisive world. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James Branch
Cabell's The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment is a classic of
fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
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