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Claudius the God; And His Wife Messalina
by Graves, Robert (Illustrations by Neil Packer.)
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Folio Society 1995. (Hardcover in slipcase) 400pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt decoration in a very good plus slipcase. Top edge stained purple, illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece, map, illustrations, color plates. The slipcase has some scuff marks and spots. "Two great historical novels, I Claudius and Claudius the God, brought their author fame, fortune and the openly expressed contempt of the difficult woman with whom he was living. Although successfully adapted for television, Robert Graves's work didn't entirely escape the curse of the doomed Emperors with whom he dealt" - from the Introduction. Book about Claudius--Emperor of Rome. Illustrations by Neil Packer. Introduction by John Mortimer. (Historical Fiction, Emperors, Fiction, Historical Fiction).
Synopsis
I, Claudius is a novel by English writer Robert Graves, first published in 1934, that deals sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and cynically with the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41. Graves's interpretation of the story owes much to the histories of Tacitus, Plutarch, and (especially) Suetonius. Graves translated Suetonius before writing the novel.
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142753
- Title
- Claudius the God; And His Wife Messalina
- Author
- Graves, Robert (Illustrations by Neil Packer.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction, Emperors, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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