The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man’s world It is the story of two cities  unknown to each other  at the height of their powers–the hedonistic Mughal capital  in which the brilliant 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