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Line 1: {{work}} {{Infobox book [[File:enchantress_9918.jpg\|frame]]▼ ~~[[Category:~~ \| title = The Enchantress of Florence]]▼ ▲~~[[File:~~ \| image = enchantress_9918.jpg~~\|frame]]~~ \| caption = \| author = Salman Rushdie \| central theme = \| elevator pitch = \| genre = Historical Fiction \| publication date = April 11, 2008 \| source page exists = \| wiki URL = \| wiki name = }} {{quote\|''"In the beginning, there were three friends, Niccolò 'il Machia', Agostino Vespucci, and Antonino Argalia."''}} ''[['''The Enchantress of Florence]]''''' (2008) is the ninth novel of [[Salman Rushdie]], which unapologetically mixes historical facts and fantastical elements without shame or mercy. It is mostly seen as a work of [[Magic Realism]], but with quite a dose of fantasy element. Rushdie is particularly proud of the research he's done for the novel's writing, and proudly attached half a dozen pages of references at the end of the book—not bad for a work of fiction. At the heights of the Mughal Empire of India, a blond traveller with a strange overcoat and, seemingly, magical prowess, came to visit Akbar the Great with a secret only a king may hear. He claimed to be under the protection of the greatest enchantress in the world: the titular ~~enchantres~~enchantress of Florence. Strange things happened along the way. ---- Line 25 ⟶ 36: * [[Flowery Insults]]: Oh ''yes''. {{quote\|"Why don't you go and masturbate a diseased goat?"}} * [[Foe Yay]]: Akbar regretted killing the Rana of Cooch Naheen and wondered whether he had killed one of the few people capable of [[Lonely Atat the Top\|being his friend]]. * [[Genghis Khan]] * [[Genius Bonus]]: Inevitably, the historical in-jokes. * [[Go Mad ~~From~~from the Revelation]]: Il Machia met a slave-girl which was transformed by potent hypnosis to be a "memory palace", a kind of exotic hard disk drive. He then attempted to restore the girl to a human state, but when she did, she remembered all the perils of her life and defenestrated herself. * [[High-Class Call Girl]]: Alessandra Fiorentina and her minions. * [[I Have Many Names]]: The main character. * [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: Countless of [[Dracula\|Vlad Dracula]]'s victims, as per history. Also, {{spoiler\|Simonetta}}. * [[Les Yay]]: What the queens do to entertain themselves in their beds while the Emperor is away. * [[Lonely Atat the Top]]: Akbar the Great. * [[Magic Realism]] * [[Mind Screw]]: If you try to figure out what is real and what is not. Line 56 ⟶ 67: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Lit Fic]] ▲[[Category:The Enchantress of Florence]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Enchantress of Florence, The}} [[Category:Literature of the 2000s]] [[Category:British Literature]] [[Category:English Literature]]