The Enchantress of Florence Author:Salman Rushdie 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 Qara Koz, a great beauty believed to possess pow... more »ers of enchantment and sorcery, who becomes the lover of Argalia, a Florentine soldier. When Argalia returns home to Florence with his Mughal mistrss the city is mesmerized by her presence, as two worlds are brought togethre by one woman attempting to command her own destiny.« 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!