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The enchantress of Florence : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0679640517 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780679640516 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
355 p. ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: Random House Trade Paperback ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009, c2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-355). |
| Summary, etc.: | 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 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 mesmerized 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? |
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| Subject: | Florence (Italy) Social conditions Fiction Mogul Empire Social conditions Fiction Mogul Empire Kings and rulers Fiction Women Italy Florence Fiction Women Mogul Empire Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | F RUSHDIE (Text) | 31953001781858 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Wolcott Public Library | FIC RUSHDIE, S. EN (Text) | 34031124306338 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
