Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina

by Robert Graves

Overview

Robert Graves begins anew the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emporer in spite of himself. Captures the vitality, splendor, and decadence of the Roman world at the point of its decline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679725732
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/23/1989
Series:	Vintage International
Edition description:	Vintage international ed
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	108,209
Product dimensions:	5.13(w) x 7.96(h) x 1.21(d)

About the Author

Robert Graves (1895–1985) was a poet, novelist, and critic. His first volume of poems, Over the Brazier (1916), reflects his experiences in the trenches, and was followed by many works of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He is best known for his novel, I, Claudius (1934), which won the Hawthornden and James Tait Black Memorial prizes, and for his influential The White Goddess (1948).