THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER<br>‘One for Philip Pullman fans’<br>THE TIMES<br><br>‘This one is an automatic buy’<br>GLAMOUR<br><br>‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’<br>EVENING STANDARD<br><br>‘Razor-sharp’<br>DAILY MAIL<br><br>‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’<br>GUARDIAN<br><br>Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.<br><br>Oxford, 1836.<br><br>The city of dreaming spires.<br><br>It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.<br><br>And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.<br><br>Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.<br><br>Until it became a prison…<br><br>But can a student stand against an empire?<br><br>An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.<br><br>'A masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. BABEL is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a monumental achievement’