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The Stockholm Octavo: A Novel
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"A delicious page-turner that brings eighteenth-century Stockholm to vivid life, complete with scandal, conspiracy, mystery, and a hint of magic." —Eleanor Brown, New York Times–bestselling author
One man's fortune holds the key to a nation's fate in this sensational debut novel set in eighteenth-century Sweden.
The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a colorful Scandinavian world of intrigue and magic in a dazzling golden age of high art, music, and opulent fashion.
A masterwork of historical fiction in the vein of Patrick Suskind's classic novel, Perfume, The Stockholm Octavo is mysterious and romantic—as magical and enthralling as The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern—and features a brilliant and unforgettable cast of extraordinary characters.
"A juicy page-turner . . . Engelmann's intellectually playful take on the mathematics of love and power proves irresistible." —O, The Oprah Magazine
"Neatly mixing revolutionary politics with the erotic tension and cutthroat rivalry of the female conspirators . . . Engelmann has crafted a magnificent, suspenseful story set against the vibrant society of Sweden's zenith, with a cast of colorful characters balanced at a crux of history." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Delicious . . . the essence of witty intelligence . . . The plot is an urgent one, and the characters mysterious, appealing, and memorable." —Sena Jeter Naslund, New York Times–bestselling author
"If you like novels that work on many levels at once, read this stunning tessellation of a book, where fortune is the flip side of intrigue and where history is the flip side of chance." —Charlotte Rogan, national bestselling author
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One man's fortune holds the key to a nation's fate in this sensational debut novel set in eighteenth-century Sweden.
The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a colorful Scandinavian world of intrigue and magic in a dazzling golden age of high art, music, and opulent fashion.
A masterwork of historical fiction in the vein of Patrick Suskind's classic novel, Perfume, The Stockholm Octavo is mysterious and romantic—as magical and enthralling as The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern—and features a brilliant and unforgettable cast of extraordinary characters.
"A juicy page-turner . . . Engelmann's intellectually playful take on the mathematics of love and power proves irresistible." —O, The Oprah Magazine
"Neatly mixing revolutionary politics with the erotic tension and cutthroat rivalry of the female conspirators . . . Engelmann has crafted a magnificent, suspenseful story set against the vibrant society of Sweden's zenith, with a cast of colorful characters balanced at a crux of history." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Delicious . . . the essence of witty intelligence . . . The plot is an urgent one, and the characters mysterious, appealing, and memorable." —Sena Jeter Naslund, New York Times–bestselling author
"If you like novels that work on many levels at once, read this stunning tessellation of a book, where fortune is the flip side of intrigue and where history is the flip side of chance." —Charlotte Rogan, national bestselling author
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        "Delicious...the essence of witty intelligence. Readers will delight [in] every element in this Swedish weave, from the brutal winter weather to the unfurling of a lady's fan. The plot is an urgent one, and the characters mysterious, appealing, and memorable....I felt a real kinship with author Karen Engelmann." — Sena Jeter Naslund, New York Times bestselling author of Ahab's Wife and Abundance: A Novel of Maire Antoinette

        "If you like novels that work on many levels at once, read this stunning tessellation of a book, where fortune is the flip side of intrigue and where history is the flip side of chance." — Charlotte Rogan, bestselling author of The Lifeboat

        "A delicious page-turner that brings 18th century Stockholm to vivid life, complete with scandal, conspiracy, mystery, and a hint of magic. Karen Engelmann's spectacular debut drew me in....A captivating tale, beautifully told." — Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters

        "Neatly mixing revolutionary politics with the erotic tension and cutthroat rivalry of the female conspirators...Engelmann has crafted a magnificent, suspenseful story set against the vibrant society of Sweden's zenith, with a cast of colorful characters balanced at a crux of history." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

        "Fantastic . . . This rollicking adventure story reads at times like a fairy tale, with Good Guys and Bad Guys and obstacles to be recognized and overcome. It's all quite fun. As either historical novel or adventure story, this clever first novel should appeal to a broad range of readers. — Library Journal (starred review)

        "A juicy page-turner...Engelmann's intellectually playful take on the mathematics of love and power proves irresistible." — O magazine

        "The Stockholm Octavo, Karen Engelmann's impressive debut, is as marvelously and intricately constructed as the mysterious form of divination it's named for. A true pleasure from beginning to satisfying end." — Shelf Awareness

        "Mysterious, suspenseful, and, at times, action-packed." — Booklist (starred review)

        "Elegant and multifaceted, Engelmann's debut explores love and connection in late-18th-century Sweden and delivers an unusual, richly-imagined read...The setup is wonderfully engrossing; this is stylish work by an author of real promise." — Kirkus

        "Karen Engelmann's The Stockholm Octavo is a bonbon box filled with treats designed to appeal to lovers of literary historical thrillers." — Salon.com

        "A dizzying story of political intrigue and forbidden romance, all played out in an array of lost arts, from the reading of cards to the language of ladies' fans to the healing power of plants. Each has its own delicious vocabulary and in Engelmann's debut, each word is savored." — Boston Globe

        "Blends political intrigue, fortune-telling, alchemy, skullduggery, high treason and love. The plot is so compelling it will keep you up at night, and the characters so well-crafted you will gladly follow them through the streets and alleys of 18th-century Stockholm" — Minneapolis Star Tribune

        "Karen Engelmann's novel brims with historical detail and timeless magic." — Barnes & Noble Review

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        Political and social intrigue are merged through the medium of the mystical card layout called the Octavo in this debut novel of maneuvering aristocrats and striving tradesmen in late 18th-century Stockholm. In the reign of the alternately enlightened and autocratic King Gustav III, his brother Karl and the society doyenne known as the Uzanne scheme to return control of Sweden to the nobility, opposed secretly by the mysterious gambling club owner Sofia Sparrow, whose prophetic visions link Gustav with the doomed king and queen of France. Moving among the conspirators are the beautiful apothecary Johanna Grey, the master calligrapher Fredrik Lind, the obsessive fan maker Christian Nordén, and the up-and-coming customs bureaucrat Emil Larsson, whose personal Octavo links him to players on both sides of the conflict. Neatly mixing revolutionary politics with the erotic tension and cutthroat rivalry of the female conspirators—whose exquisite, one-of-a-kind fans are both weapons and prizes—Engelmann has crafted a magnificent, suspenseful story set against the vibrant society of Sweden’s zenith, with a cast of colorful characters balanced at a crux of history. Illus.

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The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a colorful Scandinavian world of intrigue and magic in a dazzling golden age of high art, music, and opulent fashion.
A masterwork of historical fiction in the vein of Patrick Suskind's classic novel, Perfume, The Stockholm Octavo is mysterious and romantic—as magical and enthralling as The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern—and features a brilliant and unforgettable cast of extraordinary characters.
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