{"product_id":"the-stockholm-octavo","title":"The Stockholm Octavo","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A delicious page-turner that brings 18th century Stockholm to vivid life, complete with scandal, conspiracy, mystery, and a hint of magic.' - Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Weird SistersIn 18th century Stockholm, as the winds of revolution rage through the great capitals of Europe, the key to a nation's fate rests in the hands of an unlikely hero. Emil Larsson is a drinker, card player and contented bachelor until he is told that his position at the Office of Excise and Customs depends on his settling down and finding a wife. Mrs Sparrow, proprietor of an exclusive gaming house, fortune teller (and confidante of King Gustav III) offers to lay an Octavo for him - a form of cartomancy which can divine his future if he can find the eight individuals who can help him realise his vision. When Mrs Sparrow wins a mysterious fan in her card game, the Octavo's deeper powers are revealed. No longer just a game of the heart, collecting his Eight is now crucial to pulling his country back from the brink of rebellion and chaos. A debut novel full of opulent period detail, brilliantly interweaving history, romance and intrigue, in which one man's fortune holds the key to a nation's precarious fate.\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 126 x 198\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor: Karen Engelmann\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781444742718\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 416\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bookhero.ae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069201731737,"sku":"4RC9781444742718","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/5696\/6297\/files\/69563804c801b_The_Stockholm_Octavo.jpg?v=1767720683","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.ae\/products\/the-stockholm-octavo","provider":"Dubai - Buy Used\/Second-Hand Books - BookHero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}