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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... grandmother Livia had long grudged that her two boys were out of her charge - though indeed they visited her daily at Augustus's palace , which was quite close to their home on the Palatine Hill - and when she found in what way they ...
... grandmother Livia had long grudged that her two boys were out of her charge - though indeed they visited her daily at Augustus's palace , which was quite close to their home on the Palatine Hill - and when she found in what way they ...
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Robert Graves. Augustus ruled the world, but Livia ruled Augustus. And I must here explain the remarkable hold that she had over him. It was always a matter of wonder that there were no children of the marriage, seeing that my grandmother ...
Robert Graves. Augustus ruled the world, but Livia ruled Augustus. And I must here explain the remarkable hold that she had over him. It was always a matter of wonder that there were no children of the marriage, seeing that my grandmother ...
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... grandmother, Augustus never looked at another woman. Yet all sorts of ... Livia used to say that it was not only because she was faithful to him but ... Livia's own lips in the year she died. The remainder, about Augustus's impotence, I ...
... grandmother, Augustus never looked at another woman. Yet all sorts of ... Livia used to say that it was not only because she was faithful to him but ... Livia's own lips in the year she died. The remainder, about Augustus's impotence, I ...
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... mother's, who had previously served my grandmother as a page-girl, and being then only seven years old had been ... grandmother Livia ingeniously consolidated her hold on Augustus by secretly giving him, of her own accord, beautiful ...
... mother's, who had previously served my grandmother as a page-girl, and being then only seven years old had been ... grandmother Livia ingeniously consolidated her hold on Augustus by secretly giving him, of her own accord, beautiful ...
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... grandmother, Octavia, whose beauty excited as much admiration as her virtue. Livia had taken malicious pleasure in sympathizing with her over Antony's faithlessness. She had gone so far as to suggest that it had been largely Octavia's ...
... grandmother, Octavia, whose beauty excited as much admiration as her virtue. Livia had taken malicious pleasure in sympathizing with her over Antony's faithlessness. She had gone so far as to suggest that it had been largely Octavia's ...
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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