The Enchantress of Florence - Softcover

Rushdie, Salman

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9780676977592: The Enchantress of Florence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0676977596 ISBN 13: 9780676977592

Publisher: Random House of Canada Ltd, 2009

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The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery, attempting to command her own destiny in a man’s world.

It is the story of two cities at the height of their powers–the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor 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 Niccol� Machiavelli takes a starring role as he learns, the hard way, about the true brutality of power. Profoundly moving and completely absorbing, The Enchantress of Florence is a dazzling book full of wonders.

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For Rushdie, the pen is a magician's wand. --The Financial Times

The Enchantress of Florence is vintage Rushdie and reminds us... that he can tell a story across East and West better than anyone else in the language. --The Sunday Telegraph

It is a wonderful tale full of follies and enchantments. --The Guardian

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The magnificent new novel by the winner of the 'Booker of Bookers'.

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