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The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel
by Salman Rushdie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375504338
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504334
- Seller
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Lakewood, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 2008 First edition, first printing; light rubbing to bottom boards; o/w F/F; signed by author on title page. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
Synopsis
A tall, yellow-haired, young European traveler calling himself "Mogor dell'Amore," the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the Emperor Akbar, lord of the great Mughal empire, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the imperial capital, a tale about a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, and her impossible journey to the far-off city of Florence.The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. It is the story of two cities, unknown to each other, at the height of their powers--the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant Akbar the Great wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire, and the treachery of his sons, and the equally sensual city of Florence during the High Renaissance, where Niccolo Machiavelli takes a starring role as he learns, the hard way, about the true brutality of power.Vivid, gripping, irreverent, bawdy, profoundly moving, and completely absorbing, The Enchantress of Florence is a dazzling book full of wonders by one of the world's most important living writers.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evergreen Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1487025783238
- Title
- The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel
- Author
- Salman Rushdie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375504338
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504334
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
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Glossary
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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