Enchantress of Florence

Title: Enchantress of Florence
Author: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 9780679640516
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 355
Publisher Description: 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 Niccolò 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 by one of the world's most important living writers.