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The Stockholm Octavo - Karen Engelmann
The Stockholm Octavo
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Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town—a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor—until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive... show more
Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town—a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor—until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision—if he can find them. Emil begins his search, intrigued by the puzzle of his Octavo and the good fortune Mrs. Sparrow's vision portends. But when Mrs. Sparrow wins a mysterious folding fan in a card game, the Octavo's deeper powers are revealed. For Emil it is no longer just a game of the heart; collecting his eight is now crucial to pulling his country back from the crumbling precipice of rebellion and chaos. Set against the luminous backdrop of late eighteenth-century Stockholm, as the winds of revolution rage through the great capitals of Europe, The Stockholm Octavo brings together a collection of characters, both fictional and historical, whose lives tangle in political conspiracy, love, and magic in a breathtaking debut that will leave you spellbound.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780061995347 (0061995347)
Publisher: Ecco
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
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Aren's Library
Aren's Library rated it
3.0 The Stockholm Octavo
Strange, but enjoyable book.
Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it
3.0 The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann
The idea of the book is better than the execution. As always I liked the Tarot card-like symbolism as well as the mentions of the French revolution. The main character Emil Larsson seems shallow at first, but he becomes more sympathetic and his earnestness shines through as the story progresses. The...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
4.0 The Stockholm Octavo
bookshelves: paper-read, historical-fiction, sweden, gambling, bedside, autumn-2013, stockholm, paris, spies, published-2012, amusing, france, summer-2013 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Jeanette (jema) Read from August 13 to September 07, 2013 Dedication: For ErikFrench/Swedish timelines 1770-1792O...
Electric Library
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4.0 Review | The Stockholm Octavo, Karen Engelmann | 4 Stars
Karen Engelmann’s The Stockholm Octavo was one of those books I pulled off a Barnes & Noble shelf at random because the cover art and the title caught my eye. The description was similarly intriguing and because I tend to have a good instinct about books, I bought it. Then it sat on my shelf for t...
Bettie's Books
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4.0
Dedication: For ErikFrench/Swedish timelines 1770-1792Opening:Arte et Marte(Art and War); Inscription over the entrance to Riddarhuset - The House of Nobles - in StockholmChapter One: Stockholm 1789Stockholm is called the Venice of the North, and with good reason. Travellers claim that it is just a...
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