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I, Claudius

A fictionalized autobiography of Roman Emperor Claudius.

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  • "Derek Jacoby reads I, Claudius by Robert Graves"
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  • "A fictionalized autobiography of Roman Emperor Claudius."@en
  • "A full-cast dramatisation of Robert Graves' brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome, starring Tom Goodman Hill as Claudius and Derek Jacobi as Augustus. The wickedly entertaining inside story of the lives and deaths of the Imperial dynasty from Augustus to Caligula is told by their obscure relation, Claudius. In public, Claudius is a stammering, drooling weakling, whose reputation as an idiot keeps him safe from office and assassination ..."@en
  • "Written as Claudius's autobiography, it recounts a scandalous era in Roman history."@en
  • "The emperor Claudius tells of his life during the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula and the events that led to his rise to power in a classic novel reconstructing ancient Rome."@en
  • "Lame, stammering Claudius, once a major embarrassment to the Imperial family and now Emperor of Rome, writes an eyewitness account of the reign of the first four Caesars: the noble Augustus and his cunning wife Livia; the reptilian Tiberius; the monstrous Caligula; and finally old Claudius himself and his wife Messalina."
  • "Lame, stammering Claudius, once a major embarrassment to the Imperial family and now Emperor of Rome, writes an eyewitness account of the reign of the first four Caesars: the noble Augustus and his cunning wife Livia; the reptilian Tiberius; the monstrous Caligula; and finally old Claudius himself and his wife Messalina."@en
  • "I, Claudius is Robert Graves' riveting account of Ancient Rome in all of its madness and debauchery. First published in 1934 and written in the form of a secret autobiography, it endures as one of literature's most celebrated and compelling historical novels. Abhorred for his weakness and viewed by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the cruelties, bloody purges and intregues of the imperial Roman dynasties."@en
  • "I, Claudius is Robert Graves' riveting account of Ancient Rome in all of its madness and debauchery. First published in 1934 and written in the form of a secret autobiography, it endures as one of literature's most celebrated and compelling historical novels. Abhorred for his weakness and viewed by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the cruelties, bloody purges and intregues of the imperial Roman dynasties."
  • "Riveting account of Ancient Rome in all of its madness and debauchery. In the form of a secret autobiography, the bookt tells the story of a Roman nobleman who is abhorred for his weakness and viewed by his family as little more than a stammering fool. Claudius quietly survives the cruelties, bloody purges and intrigues of the imperial Roman dynasties to finally become Emperor."@en
  • "Claudius lived from 10 B.C. to 54 A.D. Despised as a weakling and dismissed as an idiot, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings that marked the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula, to become Emperor of Rome in 41 A.D."@en
  • "Beschrijving van de Romeinse keizertijd van de heerschappij van Augustus tot Caligula, in de vorm van een gefingeerd verslag door hun opvolger Claudius."
  • "Claudius, born weak and with a stutter, was shamed and dismissed by his family as an idiot. This allowed him to live under the public radar and avoid his family's scandal and eventual murder. Claudius survived to become the emperor of Rome in 41 A.D."@en
  • "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. I, Claudius, the first part of Robert Graves s two-part account of the life of Tiberius Claudius, is written in the form of Claudius s autobiography and stands as one of the modern classics of historical fiction. Poet, novelist, critic, translator, essayist, scholar, and historian, Robert Graves was one of the leading English men of letters in the twentieth century. Born in 1895, he fought in World War I and won international acclaim in 1929 with the publication of his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, an appraisal of the effect of the war on his generation. After the war, he was granted a Classical Scholarship at Oxford and subsequently went to Egypt as the first professor of English at the University of Cairo. He died in 1986."@en
  • "The history of Roman decadence and imperial rule during the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula, as told by Caligula's successor, Claudius."@en
  • "This realistic novel purports to be the famous autobiography of Emperor Claudius, 10 B.C. to 54 A.D."@en
  • "Emperor Claudius is one of the few really likeable Romans, uncle of Caligula, husband of Messalina and stepfather of Nero, he manages to survive the grandeur, folly and vileness of Imperial Rome."
  • "Fictionalized view of Rome as seen through the eyes of the Emperor Claudius."
  • "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. I, Claudius, the first part of Robert Graves' two-part account of the life of Tiberius Claudius, is written in the form of Claudius' autobiography and stands as one of the modern classics of historical fiction."@en
  • "Considered feeble and idiotic, Claudius is an embarrassment to the Roman Imperial family, but he defies the odds and becomes emperor, much to the surprise of himself and others. His story is an eyewitness account of the Caesars who preceded him, from Augustus to Tiberius to the mad Caligula. It is also a story of assassination, betrayal, and the infamous excesses of ancient Rome."@en

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  • "Biographical fiction, English"@en
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  • "I, Claudius from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born B.C. 10, murdered and deified A.D. 54"@en
  • "I, Claudius from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius"@en
  • "I, Claudius from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the Romans, born BC 10, murdered and deified AD 54"@en
  • "I, Claudius from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the Romans, born B.C. 10, murdered and deified AD 54"@en

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