![]() ![]() ![]() Are Robin and his fellow members revolutionaries? Or are they doomed to be powerless witnesses to the march of empire? Sensitive to the injustices wrought by Babel and silver-working, Robin joins the Hermes Society, a secret organization that steals silver and sabotages the expansion of British power from within. Throughout his years of study, Robin hopes to eventually attain the highest knowledge Babel offers: the mysteries of silver-working, a magical process that has helped the British Empire maintain its worldwide dominance for decades. He arrives in an alternate Oxford, England, in 1828 and is thrust into lessons in language so that he might one day join the prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, also known as Babel. When the family of a young boy named Robin Swift dies of cholera, a stern English professor takes him away from China. Norrell, Babel is a methodical, unforgiving examination of the cost of power and the pain of achieving it. A standalone fantasy that takes its cues from The Secret History and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Kuang’s Babel perfectly employs Oxford as a backdrop for the story of a group of eager students in the middle of a magical war. ![]() ![]() What dangerous texts might its highest towers and deepest libraries contain? R.F. With its hundreds of spires and stone facades, Oxford University looks like a cathedral of knowledge, unassailable and ancient. ![]()
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