Questa serie si addentra nell'intricato mondo dell'antica Roma attraverso un'autobiografia fittizia che rivela i meccanismi interni del potere imperiale. Segui i trionfi e le cadute dei potenti, gli intrighi, i tradimenti e i desideri umani che hanno plasmato una delle civiltà più influenti della storia. Vivi un'era di manovre politiche, crudeltà e grandezza, vista attraverso gli occhi di una figura improbabile la cui vita si intrecciò con il destino dell'impero. È una narrazione avvincente di sopravvivenza e influenza in un panorama storico spietato.
Into the 'autobiography' of Clau-Clau-Claudius, the pitiful stammerer who was destined to become Emperor in spite of himself, Graves packs the everlasting intrigues, the depravity, the bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, soon to culminate in the deified insanity of Caligula. I, Claudius and its sequel, Claudius the God, are among the most celebrated, as well the most gripping historical novels ever written. Cover illustration: Brian Pike
And His Wife Messalina
With the same brilliance that characterized his classic I, Claudius, Robert Graves continues the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emperor in spite of himself and his handicaps. Claudius the God reveals the splendor, vitality and decadence of the Roman Empire through the eyes of the wry and bemused Claudius who reigns as emperor for thirteen years. The crippled Claudius describes himself as the fool of the royal family, whom none of his ambitious and blood-thirsty relatives considered worth the trouble of killing. Once in the throne, however, he finds himself at last at the center of the political maelstrom.