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The Enchantress of Florence
by Salman Rushdie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0676977588
- ISBN 13
- 9780676977585
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
NZ$59.64NZ$47.71
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About This Item
Light bumping spine ends, lower front corner. Slight rubbing back board. Protected in a Brodart cover. Signed by the author on the half-title page.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Allen Panzeri Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53
- Title
- The Enchantress of Florence
- Author
- Salman Rushdie
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0676977588
- ISBN 13
- 9780676977585
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2008-04-08
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Allen Panzeri Books
Biblio member since 2018
Ottawa, Ontario
About Allen Panzeri Books
Specializing in signed books, mainly detective, American, and Canadian fiction, plus Canadians, including Canadian politics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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