In Niccolo’s story, Qara Koz and Argalia meet. He rises to become an elite Janissary fighter, successfully campaigning against Vlad the Impaler, among others. Argalia is captured and trained as a child soldier in the Ottoman Empire. The crew later abandons him to act as a decoy. As a child, Argalia stows away on a ship captained by Andrea Doria. Il Machia gradually unfurls Argalia’s life story from the woman. They spend many years apart until a woman appears in Florence who seems to have another person’s memories stored in her mind. Argalia’s parents die and he runs away from home. Then, his story shifts back in time to three young friends in Florence: Niccolo (nicknamed Il Machia), Antonino Argalia, and Ago Vespucci. Vespucci claims that in time, after the Shah was defeated, Angelica traveled to Italy alongside the warrior Argalia. They confirm that there was a missing princess who was written out of the family records. Akbar confers with his mother and his aunt about this story. She was kidnapped first by an Uzbeg warlord, then by a Persian shah, who later met defeat at the hands of an Ottoman Sultan. Vespucci claims that his mother, whom he calls Angelica, was the sister of the first Mughal emperor, Akbar’s grandfather. Later, Mogor reveals his real name-Niccolo Vespucci-and that he is the emperor’s long-lost uncle. He tells Akbar that he has a message from Queen Elizabeth.Īkbar takes Mogor into his company Mogor makes an enemy of the emperor’s son, Prince Salim. She prepares a special scent for him that she says will allow him to distract the guards at the palace and gain an audience with the emperor. The stranger, now calling himself Mogor dell’Amore, meets with a master potion-maker named Mohini the Skeleton. Akbar reflects on the nature of his empire and his own self-identity. He is surrounded by concubines and wives but his favorite is Jodha, a fictional woman who he has dreamed into existence. He begins poisoning the captain with laudanum, eventually killing the man and taking the Queen’s diplomatic letter for himself and vanishing into the Indian port.Įmperor Akbar rules over the Mughal Empire. When he is discovered, the stranger, calling himself Uccello, spends several weeks entertaining the captain with his magic tricks and stories. He acquired the letter by stowing away on a Scottish ship. The stranger has tasked himself with delivering a letter to Akbar from Queen Elizabeth I of England. He journeys toward Sikri, the capital of the Mughal Empire, which is ruled by Akbar the Great. The Enchantress of Florence begins with a mysterious yellow-haired stranger traveling through India in the 16th century. This guide uses the 2009 print edition by Vintage.Ĭontent Warning: The source text contains references to sexual violence and death by suicide.
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