An edition of The Enchantress of Florence (1997)

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An edition of The Enchantress of Florence (1997)

The Enchantress of Florence

  • 3.7 (3 ratings) ·
  • 17 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

A gorgeous, sensual novel set in Mughal India and Renaissance Florence.A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Koz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an Uzbeg warlord, then by the Shah of Persia, and finally becomes the lover of a certain Argalia, a Florentine soldier of fortune, commander of the armies of the Ottoman Sultan. When Argalia returns home with his Mughal mistress the city is mesmerized by her presence, and much trouble ensues. The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. It brings together two cities that barely know each other - the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire and the treachery of sons, and the equally sensual Florentine world of powerful courtesans, humanist philosophy and inhuman torture, where Argalia's boyhood friend "il Machia" - Niccolo Machiavelli - is learning, the hard way, about the true brutality of power. These two worlds, so far apart, turn out to be uncannily alike, and the enchantments of women hold sway over them both.But is Mogor's story true? And if so, then what happened to the lost princess? And if he's a liar, must he die?

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Cover of: The enchantress of Florence
The enchantress of Florence
2014, Vintage Classic
in English
Cover of: La encantadora de Florencia / The Enchantress of Florence (Spanish Edition)
Cover of: The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence
2009, Random House Trade Paperbacks
in English
Cover of: The enchantress of Florence
The enchantress of Florence: a novel
2009, Vintage, Vintage Books
in English - Random House Trade paperback ed.
Cover of: Die bezaubernde Florentinerin
Die bezaubernde Florentinerin: Roman
2009, Rowohlt
in German - 1. Aufl.
Cover of: The enchantress of Florence
The enchantress of Florence
2009, Charnwood
in English
Cover of: La encantadora de Florencia
La encantadora de Florencia
2009, Random House Mondadori
in Spanish - 1. ed.
Cover of: The enchantress of Florence
The enchantress of Florence: a novel
2008, Random House Large Print, Random House Large Print Publishing
in English - 1st large print ed.
Cover of: The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence
2008, Random House Publishing Group
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Cover of: The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence
May 02, 2008, Random House, Jonathan Cape
Cover of: The enchantress of Florence
The enchantress of Florence: a novel
2008, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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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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