I claudius by robert graves5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() He survived the abbatoir of the Julian era in Rome precisely because he was denigrated and disregarded as a stuttering spitting fool. Graves' book was transformed to TV by BBC back in the 80's and it's beautiful in style and sentiment. "Now that The King's Speech has entered the popular imagination I direct your attention to the most famous of stuttering imperialists, Tiberius Claudius, emperor of Rome. Filled with poisonings, betrayal, and shocking excesses, I, Claudius is history that rivals the most exciting contemporary fiction. Lame, stammering Claudius, once a major embarrassment to the Imperial family and now Emperor of Rome, writes an eyewitness account of the reign of the first four Caesars: the noble Augustus and his cunning wife Livia the reptilian Tiberius the monstrous Caligula and finally old Claudius himself and his wife Messalina. One of the best historical novels ever written. ![]()
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