The Enchantress of Florence Author:Salman Rushdie 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, a... more »nd 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 Niccolò 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.« less
I really had to slog through this book. Touted as a woman comes into her power, but I felt the main story was about the man who travels to the court of the King in a distant land. I was pretty lost so often, trying to write down the different names for what appeared to be the same people at different times in the book. I even took to the discussion questions and answers to see if there was more I missed and couldn't understand those!