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9%OFFRobert Graves - Claudius the God - 9780141188607 - V9780141188607
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Claudius the God

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Description for Claudius the God Paperback. Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.

Continuing the saga begun in I, Claudius, Robert Graves's Claudius the God is a compelling fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor, published with an introduction by Barry Unsworth in Penguin Modern Classics.

Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain. But the growing paranoia of absolute power and the infidelity of his promiscuous ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141188607
SKU
V9780141188607
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99-98

About Robert Graves
Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 ... Read more

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