Bringing to life the subterfuge and double-dealing of Roman nobility, Robert Graves\' "I, Claudius" brings the ancient world to life with startling clarity and meticulous realism.
In "I, Claudius".
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.
This "Penguin Modern Classics" edition is a includes an introduction by Barry Unsworth.
Bringing to life the subterfuge and double-dealing of Roman nobility, Robert Graves\' "I, Claudius" brings the ancient world to life with startling clarity and meticulous realism