I, Claudius [electronic resource]

Graves, Robert2007

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Summary

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. From the sidelines he observes the reigns of emporors: from the wise Augustus and his wicked wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the excesses of Caligula. I, Claudius paints a vivid, and sometimes funny, picture of the ancient world—highlighting the complexities and politics inherent in empire—building.