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.
Claude Séries
Cette série plonge dans le monde complexe de la Rome antique à travers une autobiographie fictive qui révèle les rouages du pouvoir impérial. Suivez les triomphes et les chutes des puissants, les complots, les trahisons et les désirs humains qui ont façonné l'une des civilisations les plus influentes de l'histoire. Découvrez une époque de manœuvres politiques, de cruauté et de grandeur, vue à travers les yeux d'un personnage singulier dont la vie s'est entrelacée avec le destin de l'empire. C'est un récit captivant de survie et d'influence dans un paysage historique impitoyable.
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Claudius the God
And His Wife Messalina
With the same brilliance that characterized his classic I, Claudius, Robert Graves continues the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emperor in spite of himself and his handicaps. Claudius the God reveals the splendor, vitality and decadence of the Roman Empire through the eyes of the wry and bemused Claudius who reigns as emperor for thirteen years. The crippled Claudius describes himself as the fool of the royal family, whom none of his ambitious and blood-thirsty relatives considered worth the trouble of killing. Once in the throne, however, he finds himself at last at the center of the political maelstrom.