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Robert Irwin


Born
in Guildford, England, The United Kingdom
August 23, 1946

Died
June 28, 2024

Genre
History, Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction


Robert Graham Irwin is a British historian, novelist, and writer on Arabic literature.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 10,099 ratings · 855 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors
The Arabian Nightmare
3.81 avg rating — 722 ratings — published 1983 — 46 editions
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Satan Wants Me
3.90 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions
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Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectua...
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Exquisite Corpse
3.74 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 1995 — 26 editions
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The Alhambra
3.64 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions
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Wonders Will Never Cease
3.54 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2016
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Arabian Nights. A Companion
4.17 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1997 — 15 editions
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Dangerous Knowledge: Orient...
3.66 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions
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Night & Horses & the Desert...
4.09 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions
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Memoirs of a Dervish: Sufis...
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“In the realm of the phenomenal, "less is more" only when less is the sum total of more.”
― Robert Irwin
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“The inner meaning of history . . . involves speculation and an attempt to get at the truth, subtle explanation of the causes and origins of existing things, and deep knowledge of the how and why of events. (History,) therefore, is firmly rooted in philosophy. It deserves to be accounted a branch of (philosophy).”
― Robert Irwin, Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography
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“Magic is absurd. It is a system of thinking that does not work and does not get one anywhere," said the friar.

"It works, but it does not get one anywhere," said Vance.

"But it is very beautiful. Magic is an art that pleases the eye and the ear," said Bulbul.”
― Robert Irwin, The Arabian Nightmare
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