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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... A pillow shall be his sword. The hairy fourth to enslave the State Shall be son, no son, of his hairy last. A hairy man that is scant of hair, He shall give Rome poisons and blasphemies And die from a kick of his aged horse That.
... A pillow shall be his sword. The hairy fourth to enslave the State Shall be son, no son, of his hairy last. A hairy man that is scant of hair, He shall give Rome poisons and blasphemies And die from a kick of his aged horse That.
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... sword-fight in the universal amphitheatre. Lepidus was still alive, to be sure, but a prisoner in all but name, and quite harmless—he had been forced to fall at Augustus's feet and beg for his life. Young Pompey, too, the only other ...
... sword-fight in the universal amphitheatre. Lepidus was still alive, to be sure, but a prisoner in all but name, and quite harmless—he had been forced to fall at Augustus's feet and beg for his life. Young Pompey, too, the only other ...
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... sword, which he pointed at Augustus's heart. Augustus, so far from being angry, thanked Athenodorus and confessed that he had been very wrong to treat his warning so casually. One extraordinary event in my childhood I must not forget.
... sword, which he pointed at Augustus's heart. Augustus, so far from being angry, thanked Athenodorus and confessed that he had been very wrong to treat his warning so casually. One extraordinary event in my childhood I must not forget.
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... sword even when they unconditionally surrendered their cities, and he proudly records that many hundreds of Spaniards committed suicide, with all their families, rather than taste of Roman vengeance. Was it to be wondered that the ...
... sword even when they unconditionally surrendered their cities, and he proudly records that many hundreds of Spaniards committed suicide, with all their families, rather than taste of Roman vengeance. Was it to be wondered that the ...
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... sword and breast-plate and other personal trappings of the hero. Livia insisted on his using it, in spite of his scruples—he realized how presumptuous it was—until one night he had a dream in which Alexander, frowning angrily, hacked ...
... sword and breast-plate and other personal trappings of the hero. Livia insisted on his using it, in spite of his scruples—he realized how presumptuous it was—until one night he had a dream in which Alexander, frowning angrily, hacked ...
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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