It is the year 1572 when a young blonde Italian arrives at the court of the Indian Grand Mughal Akbar after a difficult journey. He claims to be related to the Mughal through winding paths. To prove his claim, the stranger recounts the almost adventurous story of their shared ancestry - a tale that stretches from Renaissance Florence to the fabulous Indian Empire, featuring the Medicis, Machiavelli, the explorer Vespucci, and a mysterious beauty - their common ancestor and, as it is said, the most beautiful woman in the world.