Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution rich with the details of

rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea

author of In a New York Minute and host of Forever35

Sam senses something is off

it's an image of a book she hasn't seen in more than sixty years--a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names

It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution rich with the details ofInstant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War "Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out." Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award winning author R. F. Kuang comes