I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius (Audiobook) by Robert Graves, Frederick Davidson

from soniaandree

For some reason, I always assumed that historical books/novels were dull in general (apart from a few exceptions, in my library), because historians were not always very good novelists and vice versa. However, I was pleasantly suprised by this one, well written, engaging and, in spite of all the ...

from Marse

I loved, loved, loved this book! Claudius, grandnephew of Augustus Caesar, a stutterer, a gimp, thought to be an idiot--tells his story, and that of his grandmother Livia (Augustus Caesar's last wife) and granduncle Augustus Ceasar, as well as his uncle Tiberius Caesar's and his nephew Caligula's...

from BrynDahlquis

I'm not a historical fiction fan, mostly because it confuses me as to what is fact and what is fiction, but I, Claudius is pretty darn good. It's nice because no one really knows for sure what DID happen way back then, plus Robert Graves was a respectable historian of this era, so I pretty much t...

from harrietbrown

I have three absolute top favorite books of all time. This is Number One, with a bullet. This historical fiction novel of ancient Rome has it all: murder, family dysfunction, regicide, incest, gossip, debauchery, loyalty, love, lust, deceit, good intentions gone awry, good people, very, very bad ...

from rsplenda477

Since I studies history in college, it was only natural that I would eventually find myself reading this masterpiece. Recently, I have been slipping in my Ancient history, which is why I decided to give this book a shot. Robert Graves does the impossible: he makes very dense material lively and i...