This historical fiction novel by Salman Rushdie tells the story of a mysterious woman from the East who arrives in the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. She claims to be a descendant of the legendary Queen of Florence, and her tales of the
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Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.