I, Claudius: Popular Penguins
Author: Graves, Robert
ISBN: 9780143566397
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 406
Dimensions: 179mm x 111mm x 29mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. He watches and records the activities of the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia, 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.
ISBN: 9780143566397
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 406
Dimensions: 179mm x 111mm x 29mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. He watches and records the activities of the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia, 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.
