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Babel: or, the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution
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New York, NY : Harper Voyager, [2022].
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xii, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A Chinese boy orphaned by cholera and raised in Britain is trained to work at Oxford's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, the world's center for translation and magic through silver-working, where he must choose between competing loyalties.

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9780063021426, 9780063021433, 0063021439

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A Chinese boy orphaned by cholera and raised in Britain is trained to work at Oxford's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, the world's center for translation and magic through silver-working, where he must choose between competing loyalties.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Kuang, R. F. (2022). Babel: or, the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution. First edition. New York, NY, Harper Voyager.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Kuang, R. F. 2022. Babel: Or, the Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. New York, NY, Harper Voyager.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Kuang, R. F, Babel: Or, the Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. New York, NY, Harper Voyager, 2022.

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Kuang, R. F. Babel: Or, the Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. First edition. New York, NY, Harper Voyager, 2022.

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