The enchantress of Florence
Subtitle: a novel
By: Salman Rushdie
Edition: Random House Trade paperback ed.
Publisher: Vintage; Vintage Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780099532569; 9780099421924
Subjects: Social conditions; Kings and rulers; Women; Fiction
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 Ko z, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an Uzbeg warlord, then by the Shah of Persia, and finally becomes the lover of a certain Argalia, a Florentine soldier of fortune, commander of the armies of the Ottoman Sultan. When Argalia returns home with his Mughal mistress the city is mesmerised by her presence, and much trouble ensues. But is Mogor's story true? And if so, then what happened to the lost princess? And if he's a liar, must he die?--From publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-451).