{"product_id":"the-enchantress-of-florence-paperback-by-salman-rushdie","title":"The Enchantress of Florence Paperback by Salman Rushdie","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2009-01-06)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780676977592\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e1163.48\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.0 x 5.4 x 0.95\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eEnchantress of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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,\u003ci\u003e The Enchantress of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling book full of wonders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eSALMAN RUSHDIE is the author of fourteen novels--including \u003ci\u003eLuka and the Fire of Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrimus\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker); \u003ci\u003eShame; The Satanic Verses; Haroun and the Sea of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Moor's Last Sigh\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Ground Beneath Her Feet\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFury\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eShalimar the Clown; The Enchantress of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTwo Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Golden House\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eQuichotte\u003c\/i\u003e--and one collection of short stories: \u003ci\u003eEast, West\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published four works of non-fiction--\u003ci\u003eJoseph Anton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar Smile\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImaginary Homelands\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStep Across This Line\u003c\/i\u003e--and coedited two anthologies, \u003ci\u003eMirrorwork \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2008\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45349627232417,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780676977592","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780676977592.jpg?v=1762896566","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-enchantress-of-florence-paperback-by-salman-rushdie","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}