{"product_id":"9780061995354","title":"The Stockholm Octavo","description":"By: Karen Engelmann     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Weird Sisters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003eEmil 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. \u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48103551107299,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780061995354","price":93.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48941889650915,"sku":"DTRHHUK-9781444742718","price":92.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780061995354.jpg?v=1770713067","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9780061995354","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}