Babel, or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution, R.F. Kuang
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Babel, or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution, R.F. Kuang
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Babel
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Oclc number
1341014596
Responsibility statement
R.F. Kuang
Sub title
or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution
Summary
In the 19th century, an orphaned Chinese boy enrolls in Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation--Babel. Raised in Britain, he must choose whether or not to partake in an unjust war against his homeland
Target audience
adult
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- Audiobooks on CD
- Diplomatic relations
- Fantasy fiction
- Audiobooks
- Fiction
- Orphans
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- China
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Imperialism
- Great Britain
- 1800-1899
- Magic -- Fiction
- Secret societies
- Translating and interpreting -- Fiction
- Translating and interpreting
- Chinese -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Chinese
- Magic
- Secret societies -- Fiction
- Imperialism -- Fiction
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- Classification1
- Contributor2
- Creator1
- Genre5
- Subject22
- Audiobooks on CD
- Diplomatic relations
- Fantasy fiction
- Audiobooks
- Fiction
- Orphans
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- China
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Imperialism
- Great Britain
- 1800-1899
- Magic -- Fiction
- Secret societies
- Translating and interpreting -- Fiction
- Translating and interpreting
- Chinese -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Chinese
- Magic
- Secret societies -- Fiction
- Imperialism -- Fiction
- Content2
- Author1
- Narrator2
- Mapped to1