Simon Baker

The magic lingers on

At the beginning of Salman Rushdie’s new novel a charismatic Florentine rogue arrives at the Mughal court and claims to have a story which he must tell to the Emperor, Akbar the Great, who, he insists, is his nephew.

  • The Enchantress of Florence

    Salman Rushdie

    Cape, pp. 356

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