I, Claudius

Informationen zum Autor Robert Graves Klappentext Considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the Mad Caligula to become emperor in 41 A.D. A masterpiece. Zusammenfassung A modern classic of historical fiction written in the form of Claudius's autobiography. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 B.C. to 54 A.D. Despised as a weakling and dismissed as an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings that marked the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the mad Caligula to become emperor of Rome in 41 A.D. The first part of Robert Graves’s two-part account of the life of Tiberius Claudius, I, Claudius stands as a landmark historical novel of the 20th century from one of its great writers.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Graves
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 23.10.1989
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780679724773
• ISBN: 978-0-679-72477-3
• Pages: 480
• Dimensions (packing): 13.5 x 20.5 x 2.2 cm
• Series: Vintage International; Vintage International; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Subjects: FICTION / Historical; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Classics