I, Claudius By Robert Graves (Paperback, 2006)

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Bringing to life the subterfuge & double-dealing of Roman nobility Robert Graves's I Claudius brings the ancient world to life with startling clarity & meticulous realism This Penguin Modern Classics edition is a

Includes:: an introduction by Barry Unsworth Despised for his weakness & regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues bloody purges & 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 & his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius & 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 & debauchery of ancient Rome & stands as one of the most celebrated gripping historical novels ever written If you enjoyed I Claudius you might like Graves's sequel Claudius the God also available in Penguin Modern Classics' An imaginative & hugely readable account of the early decades of the Roman Empire racy inventive often comic' Daily Telegraph' Still an acknowledged masterpiece & a model for historical fiction sympathetic & intensely involving a great feat of imagination' Hilary Mantel author of Wolf Hall