Awards
The Man Booker Prize (nominee)
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The Man Booker Prize (nominee)
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 Koz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an Uzbek 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 mesmerized by her presence, and much trouble ensues."The Enchantress of Florence" is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. It brings together two cities that barely know each other - the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire and the treachery of sons, and the equally sensual Florentine world of powerful courtesans, humanist philosophy and inhuman torture, where Argalia's boyhood friend "il Machia" - Niccolr Machiavelli - is learning, the hard way, about the true brutality of power. These two worlds, so far apart, turn out to be uncannily alike, and the enchantments of women hold sway over them both. 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?
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Hardback Editions
May 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence (Charnwood) Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 1847826547 / 9781847826541 (UK edition) Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
May 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0375504338 / 9780375504334 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
May 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0739328158 / 9780739328156 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
April 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0676977588 / 9780676977585 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Canada Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
April 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0224061631 / 9780224061636 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
Paperback Editions
April 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0224082434 / 9780224082433 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
January 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0099532565 / 9780099532569 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
December 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0099421925 / 9780099421924 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
January 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0676977596 / 9780676977592 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House of Canada Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
January 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0679640517 / 9780679640516 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
January 2009 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 0812979672 / 9780812979671 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Inc. Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
Audio Editions
November 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence (unabridged audio book) Author(s):: Salman Rushdie, narrated by Firdous Bamji ISBN: 1407429353 / 9781407429359 (UK edition) Publisher: Whole Story Audio Books Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
September 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 1436119375 / 9781436119375 Publisher: Overdrive Publications Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
March 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 1436148707 / 9781436148702 Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon |
2008 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 1402576552 / 9781402576553 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon |
Kindle Editions
September 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: B0031RSAJW Publisher: Vintage Digital Availability: Amazon UK |
May 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel Author(s):: Salman Rushdie ISBN: B0015DYITU Publisher: Random House Availability: Amazon |
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