I, Claudius

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Robert Graves

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No vice unexplored

12 years, 9 months ago at Mar 9 4:40

GemLil

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I, Claudius is like a modern day soap, spent in Ancient Rome. Murder, adultery, perversion and corruption rule the day. This is a semi-ficticious book, in that it is based on many real sources (Suetonius' 12 Caesars, Plutarch and Tacitus), but it’s given a lot of creative licence by Graves.

The story is written like a hidden autobiography of the Emperor Claudius, describing the ... read more

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Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
Release date: 1 September 1969
ISBN-10 : 0140003185 | ISBN-13: 9780140003185

Tags: Messalina (1), Postumus (1), Octavia (1), Julia (1), Agrippa (1), Marcellus (1), Narcissus (1), Pallus (1), Gratus (1), Nero (1), Macro (1), Castor (1), Drusus (1), Antonia (1), Drusilla (1), Praxis (1), Agrippina (1), Germanicus (1), Herod (1), Piso (1)

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