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Robin Waterfield (Robin A.H. Waterfield) is a writer and translator currently residing in Greece.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

He was born in 1952, and studied Classics at Manchester University in 1974, where he achieved a 1:1.

Career[]

After this, he went on to research ancient Greek philosophy at King's College, Cambridge until 1978, after which he became a lecturer at Newcastle University and University of St Andrews. He has also worked as a copy-editor and commissioning editor for Penguin Books. He is now a self-employed writer and consultant editor, and his publications range from academic articles to children's fiction.

Bibliography[]

Fighting Fantasy[]

Writer

Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks[]

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Writer

Other Gamebooks[]

• The Money Spider (Penguin Books (Penguin Plus), 1988 (Polish ed., eMPi2, 1996)) (with Wilfred Davies)
• The Water Spider (Penguin Books (Penguin Plus), 1988) (with Wilfred Davies)

General Non-Fiction[]

• Prophet: The Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran (Allen Lane, 1998 (Penguin, 1999; U.S. ed., St Martin's Press, 1998; TSP Book Club
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  Waterfield, Robin 1952–

  (Robin Anthony Herschel Waterfield)

  PERSONAL:

  Born 1952. Education: Manchester University, graduated, 1974; research student at King's College, Cambridge, 1974-78.

  ADDRESSES:

  Office—The Barn, Tredower, St. Martin, Cornwall TR12 6DR, England. E-mail—[email protected]; [email protected].

  CAREER:

  Penguin Books, London, England, copy editor and commissioning editor c. 1982-84, 1988-91, consultant, 1991-99; freelance writer and editor, 1991—; has also taught at Newcastle College, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and St. Andrews. Visiting lecturer, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.

  WRITINGS:

  (Editor and author of introduction) Jacob Boehme: Essential Readings, Crucible (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England), 1989.

  Before ‘Eureka": The Presocratics and Their Science, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1989.

  (Editor) The Voice of Kahlil Gibran: An Anthology, Penguin Books (Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England), 1995.

  (Editor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Classic Stories in Verse, Puffin Books (Harmondsworth, Midd

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  Robin Waterfield

  The Firm
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  4.06 avg rating — 633,192 ratings — published 1991 — 16 editions

  The Body
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  4.30 avg rating — 44,412 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions

  The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold
  

  3.75 avg rating — 1,599 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions

  The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists
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  3.95 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions

  Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire
  

  really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions

  Who Was Alexander the Great?
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  4.17 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions

  Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece
  

  3.95 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions

  The Pelican Brief
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  3.62 avg rating — 358 ratings — 9 editions

  Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece