Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 9780676977585 . Tight unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 9.40 X 5.90 X 1 inches; 368 pages .

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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: B-Line Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45065
Title: The Enchantress of Florence
Author: Rushdie, Salman
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Canadian Edition
ISBN 10: 0676977588
ISBN 13: 9780676977585
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 2008
Keywords: 9780676977585

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