I, Claudius
Ratings32
Average rating4.2
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Ratings32
Average rating4.2
Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. In I, Claudius he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors: from the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the insane excesses of Caligula. Written in the form of Claudius’ autobiography, this is the first part of Robert Graves’s brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome, and stands as one of the most celebrated, gripping historical novels ever written.
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2 primary booksClaudius is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1934 with contributions by Robert Graves and Stephen Alcorn.
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Poisonings, stabbings, poisonings, orgies, fires, rapes, poisonings, and then Claudius becomes Emperor. Really good stuff!
Murder your kinfolk
but make cool statues of them
~just emperor things~
A man chosen to lead his country who was way in over his head. All around him was corruption and and self-interest and flagrant wickedness. Not so Claudius, the quiet voice of reason in an insane world. Despite being the one person who continued to do the right thing and despite being in a position of power, Claudius was not a ruler at heart and it was his inability to act that gives this novel its poignancy.
