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The Enchantress of Florence

The Enchantress of Florence( )
Author: Rushdie, Salman
ISBN:978-0-224-08243-3
Publication Date:Apr 2008
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $41.95
Book Description:

A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Köz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an...
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Book Details
Pages:368
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Literary
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.3 x 23.4 x 2.7 cm
Book Weight:0.479 Kilograms
Author Biography
Rushdie, Salman (Author)
Salman Rushdie was born in India on June 19, 1947. He was raised in Pakistan and educated in England. His novels include Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, and The Golden House. His non-fiction works include Joseph Anton, Imaginary Homelands, The Jaguar Smile, and Step across This Line. He also wrote a collection of short stories entitled East, West. He has received numerous awards including the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel twice, the James Tait Black Prize, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children, and the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize.

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