by Robert Graves · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679724773
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«I, Claudius» is the historical novel by Robert Graves, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in paperback (468 pages, in English).
Written as the fictional autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, the work narrates the life of the Roman nobleman from his birth in 10 BC. Despised for his physical limitations, Claudius survives the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula until his proclamation as emperor in 41 AD.
This first part of Robert Graves's Claudius series was originally published in 1934 and received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize.
For readers of historical fiction and literary classics, especially those interested in ancient Rome and the intrigues of the imperial court.
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
