London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with gilt titles to spine, DJ is unclipped in fine condition, a very nice copy. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with a tiny chafe to the top of the hinge of the foldover of the back flap. First edition, first printing..

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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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Bookseller: krokodile books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008212
Title: The Enchantress of Florence
Author: Rushdie, Salman
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0224061631
ISBN 13: 9780224061636
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2008
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f

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