- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New impression edition (1 Sep 1969)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140003185
- ISBN-13: 978-0140003185
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 149,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A work of historical fiction which recreates the life and times of Emperor Claudius, who lived from 10 BC to AD 41, a time when poisoning, blasphemy, treachery, incest and unnatural vice were commonplace. From the author of CLAUDIUS THE GOD AND HIS WIFE MESSALINA.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This really is compelling reading,
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This review is from: I, Claudius (Paperback)
I, Claudius by Robert Graves really is what they say it is, the best historical novel of our time. The brutal reality of power politics is splendidly portrayed by Graves against the rich and inspiring backdrop of ancient Rome. The story is told from the perspective of a nobly born, but disadvantaged spectator who stands by as those around him destroy each other until, inevitably, he is drawn into the role of participant in the glorious game that was Roman politics.An excellent read, you won't be able to put it down.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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I, Claudius - what a family!!,
This review is from: I, Claudius (Hardcover)
I first picked up this book on Holiday in Holland in the 80's, along with the follow up "Claudius the God". Both are good pieces of fiction but I feel there is something even worse hidden beneath the words which just cannot be written about. Having read the book I was driven to research the age in which it is set - and I was right. This is but half the story and tells only what could be published without pushing the book into the pornography or the sado-masochism sections. It is true what they say you can choose your friends but beware of your family - and don't get to close to the friends either! The chronology is a bit hard to follow but the story is basically accurate in the major historical points and the characters - watered down as they are - are definitely believable. Told from the first person viewpoint it paints a fairly accurate life of Rome of the time though it is spoilt a little by the geographical information which has, of necessity I suspect, been written with the modern map in mind. A thoroughly enjoyable read which I have come back to time and again and- like Tolkein & Dillman - have gained new insights and shocks from each time I have read it. I would recommend it to students of history for its insights as well as the leisure reader for its good storyline of intrigue, murder, incest. Anything seems possible and probable in this decadent time in Rome's History. My final comment, to paraphrase Julia, daughter of Augustus - "Yeah Gods, what a family!!"
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dynasty for Real,
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This review is from: I, Claudius (Paperback)
there's alot of blood and gore, lust and greed, power and murder in this; and as it's based on fact, it's very revealing on what the Roman Empire's leading figures got up to in the decline of the empire. From Augustus to Claudius, the book unfolds a gruesome history, as an "auto-biography" of Claudius. Great stuff.
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