Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Babel – A #1 New York Times Bestseller by R.F. Kuang

📖⚡ Power, Language, and Revolution in an Alternative 19th-Century Oxford ⚡📖

From award-winning author R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War) comes Babel, a brilliant dark academia fantasy—a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. This genre-defying novel explores colonial resistance, student revolutions, and the imperial weaponization of language and translation.

🔮 1828 – Orphaned by cholera in Canton, Robin Swift is brought to London by the enigmatic Professor Lovell. Trained in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, he earns a place at Oxford’s Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel, the world’s center for linguistic magic.

💡 But Babel’s silver-working—the art of using translation to channel magical power—fuels Britain’s colonization. As a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes that to serve Babel is to betray his motherland. Torn between academic loyalty and the radical Hermes Society, he must decide:

🔥 Can powerful institutions be reformed, or does revolution demand destruction?

✨ "Absolutely phenomenal…brilliant, razor-sharp." – Shannon Chakraborty, The City of Brass*

📖 Perfect for fans of dark academia, historical fantasy, anti-colonial narratives, and intricate world-building! 📖