The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a
great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery,
attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. It is the story
of two cities at the height of their powers-the hedonistic Mughal
capital, in which the brilliant emperor Akbar the Great wrestles daily
with questions of belief, desire, and the treachery of his sons, and the
equally sensual city of Florence during the High Renaissance, where
Niccolò Machiavelli takes a starring role as he learns, the hard way,
about the true brutality of power. Profoundly moving and completely
absorbing, The Enchantress of Florence is a dazzling book full of
wonders by one of the world's most important living writers.