Stockholm Octavo

"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 authorOne 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