The Art of Foretelling and the Web of Intrigue in The Stockholm Octavo
Larrson is clever and quick with his hands which makes him a formidable opponent in cards. His ability with the cards had not gone unnoticed by the owner of popular gaming rooms, Mrs. Sparrow, who enlisted him as her card playing partner. More went on in the gaming rooms than just cards because Mrs. Sparrow was the seer to the King. Many of the powerful gathered there to play the especially dangerous game of politics since the world at that time was in the midst of revolution and change.
Set in Sweden in the early 1790’s right before the assassination of the King of Sweden and during the French Revolution, The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann is like a song sung in the round that has multiple story lines that are interconnected which create a wonderful melody that has love, intrigue, danger, revolution and regicide.