I, Claudius, Robert Graves
I, Claudius, Robert Graves
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I, Claudius
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius Born 10 B.C. Murdered and Deified A.D. 54

Author: Robert Graves

Narrator: Nelson Runger

Unabridged: 16 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/31/2007

Synopsis

One of the best historical novels ever written. 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. Filled with poisonings, betrayal, and shocking excesses, I, Claudius is history that rivals the most exciting contemporary fiction.

About Robert Graves

Robert Graves (1895–1985) was an English poet, translator, and novelist, one of the leading English men of letters in the twentieth century. He fought in World War I and won international acclaim in 1929 with the publication of his memoir of the First World War, Good-bye to All That. 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 is most noted for his series of novels about the Roman emperor Claudius and his works on mythology, such as The White Goddess.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on September 23, 2024

I, Claudius is an autobiography of the emperor… And stuttering Claudius wrote very smoothly… It was written for the very distant posterity… Why has he written it? Because the Sibyl had told him: To a fawning fellowship He shall stammer, cluck and trip, Dribbling always with his lip. But when he’s dumb a......more

Goodreads review by Henry on August 04, 2020

Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus (Claudius to his embarrassed family), born in Lyon in what is now France, a sickly, lame, twitching, stutterer, a nonentity, thought an idiot by his relatives the most prominent in ancient Rome, Julius Caesar began their more than century long reign as the ru......more

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on September 18, 2023

What is one to do when all around are the menaces of manipulation and murder? If you are Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, you keep your head down, stay out of the way, and write a scorching history about it. Such is the tale of Robert Grave’s classic I, Claudius, a book that was a major ins......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on March 15, 2011

Things had to have been boring in ancient Rome with no TV, internet or video games. But after reading I, Claudius, I think that the average Roman citizen’s chief entertainment probably came from watching what the imperial family did to each other. There was the crime and intrigue of a show like The......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 07, 2012

I Claudius reviewed by Manny : - Claudius, come here, sit down right by me, don't be shy. - O o o o o oh, M-m-m-m-m- - Yes? - essalina! I Claudius reviewed by Mariel : All i can dream about is rabbits every day. every day rabbits. i can't tell you why. I Claudius reviewed by Ian Graye : You've seen The Sop......more

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