university of oxford

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.

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.

Following the "hot tub incident, " Tasha seeks a fresh start with a semester at Oxford, but is not convinced that a focus on studying will be more enticing than her social life at home; meanwhile, Emily leaves her snooty British family for a semester at UC Santa Barbara, where she is welcomed into a world of parties and male attention.

"A ... murder mystery set at Oxford University in the 1980s. After Oxford's most popular classmate is found dead, new students Ursula Flowerbutton and Nancy Feingold believe she has been murdered and work to solve the mystery"--Provided by publisher.

In 1940, David Sparsholt--a handsome, charismatic, and athletic young man--arrives at Oxford University to get a degree in engineering. Unaware of how his presence affects others, especially Evert Dax, a lonely son of a famous novelist who will become a novelist himself, David and Evert become friends, and that friendship will influence both their lives and the lives of others for generations.