The Enchantress of Florence
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine+
- ISBN 10
- 0676977596
- ISBN 13
- 9780676977592
- Seller
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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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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19548
- Title
- The Enchantress of Florence
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+
- ISBN 10
- 0676977596
- ISBN 13
- 9780676977592
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- 0676977596, Mogul Empire, Social Conditions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Culture; Historical Fiction; India;
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