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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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Fiction, Mogul Empire in fiction, Women in fiction, Women, Social conditions, Kings and rulers, East and West, Machiavelli, Niccolò, in fiction, East and West in fiction, Akbar, in fiction, History, Historical Fiction, Hof, Grossmogul, Verwandtschaft, Belletristische Darstellung, Reisender, Gro©mogul, Akbar <Mogulreich, Gro©mogul>, Oriente y Occidente, Novela, Spanish language materials, Fiction, historical, Italy, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Großmogul, Italiener, Roman, EnglischPeople
Akbar Emperor of Hindustan (1542-1605), Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Grossmogul> Akbar <Mogulreich, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Niccolo Machiavelli (1459-1527)Places
Mogul Empire, Florence (Italy), Florence, Italy, Fatehpur Sikri (India), Italiener, Fatehpur-Sikri, Indien, India, Fatehpur SikriTimes
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La encantadora de Florencia / The Enchantress of Florence (Spanish Edition)
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The enchantress of Florence: a novel
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La encantadora de Florencia
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The enchantress of Florence: a novel
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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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