"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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