Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9781804536407

ISBN: 9781804536407

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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9781804536407Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison But can a student