I, ClaudiusRosetta Books, 2014 M03 6 - 472 páginas “One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based (The New York Times). Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a monarchy, Graves’s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio. “[A] legendary tale of Claudius . . . [A] gem of modern literature.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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... friends and relatives and associates as " Claudius the Idiot " , or " That Claudius " , or " Claudius the Stammerer " , or " Clau - Clau- Claudius " or at best as " Poor Uncle Claudius " , am now about to write this strange history of ...
... friends and relatives and associates as " Claudius the Idiot " , or " That Claudius " , or " Claudius the Stammerer " , or " Clau - Clau- Claudius " or at best as " Poor Uncle Claudius " , am now about to write this strange history of ...
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... friend of my grandfather's . Augustus was ready to believe this without pressing for detailed evidence . He divorced Scribonia , though she was quite innocent , on the very day that she bore him his daughter , Julia ; whom he took from ...
... friend of my grandfather's . Augustus was ready to believe this without pressing for detailed evidence . He divorced Scribonia , though she was quite innocent , on the very day that she bore him his daughter , Julia ; whom he took from ...
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... friends , and it was suspected that he had been poisoned , but the matter was hushed up because Augustus and Livia had been among the guests . In his will the boys were left to Augustus's guardianship . My uncle Tiberius , aged only ...
... friends , and it was suspected that he had been poisoned , but the matter was hushed up because Augustus and Livia had been among the guests . In his will the boys were left to Augustus's guardianship . My uncle Tiberius , aged only ...
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... friendship, with propitiatory presents of remarkable silks and spices; and rubies, emeralds and sardonyx; and tigers, then for the first time seen in Europe; and the Indian Hermes, the famous armless boy, who could do the most ...
... friendship, with propitiatory presents of remarkable silks and spices; and rubies, emeralds and sardonyx; and tigers, then for the first time seen in Europe; and the Indian Hermes, the famous armless boy, who could do the most ...
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... friend and most successful general and admiral. Livia had always hitherto done her best to keep Agrippa's friendship for Augustus. He was ambitious, but only to a degree; he would never have presumed to contend for sovereignty with ...
... friend and most successful general and admiral. Livia had always hitherto done her best to keep Agrippa's friendship for Augustus. He was ambitious, but only to a degree; he would never have presumed to contend for sovereignty with ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born B.C. 10 ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
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