C.S. Lewis set Till We Have Faces in the ancient kingdom of Glome.
Published in 1956, Till We Have Faces is Lewis’s retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. The story is narrated by Orual, a princess and later queen of Glome. Her account focuses on family, jealousy, religious devotion, identity, and the difficulty of knowing another person honestly.
Glome is a fictional kingdom in a vaguely ancient setting rather than a part of Narnia. The novel’s atmosphere draws on classical myth and ancient Mediterranean cultures, but Lewis created his own political and religious world for the retelling. This is why names from Narnia or the Space Trilogy are not appropriate alternatives.
The book was the last novel Lewis published during his lifetime. Its title comes from the idea that human beings often hide behind figurative faces until they are forced into self-knowledge. The kingdom’s name, Glome, is a specific detail from the novel’s setting.