
_The Witch Woman_ collects three fantastic novellas set in Poictesme, the imaginary medieval land featured in such Cabell classics as _Jurgen_ and _Figures of Earth, _ all dealing with the most central of Cabell themes, the elusive feminine ideal, here personified in the seductive Ettarre la Beale, the third daughter of Dom Manuel the Redeemer. Here we read how a poet, a king, and a bishop (who also happens to be a werewolf) sought the unattainable Ettarre, and what became of them
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1879–1958
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
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