In this sequel to I, CLAUDIUS, Derek Jacobi continues his superb narration of the fictional autobiography of the fourth Roman emperor. Claudius is an unexpected emperor—he was considered a harmless stuttering idiot as a child, and he even held republican beliefs. As always, Jacobi's timing and tone are impeccable, and he expertly conveys both the violence and humor of Claudius's world. This is no dry historical novel—it's a tale of love, war, betrayal, death, and endless scheming. Claudius’s wife, Messalina, is run through with a sword after her extramarital affairs are exposed. (Then he marries his niece!) His best friend, Herod Agrippa, tells Claudius to trust no one—good advice, given that Herod is building his own empire. Jacobi adopts just the right lightness of tone to have listeners laughing out loud over Claudius's amusement at the miraculous stories of Jesus that are sweeping the country. A.B. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
Claudius, whom none of his bloody-minded relatives considered worth the trouble of executing, poisoning, forcing to suicide, banishing to a desert island or starving to death-which was how they one by one got rid of each other-was one day unexpectedly proclaimed Emperor.
Claudius picks up the remarkable story he began in I, Claudius with his sudden promotion and his burgeoning infatuation for the beautiful and dangerous courtesan, Messalina. Capturing the vitality, splendor and decadence of Rome, Claudius the God is, in the words of the New York Times, “amusing and illuminating to a high degree, with or without its predecessor.” Its greatest appeal may be the character of Claudius himself, candid, humble, wry and endearing.
With disciplined imagination, Robert Graves recreates the Roman scene at the point of its decline. At the center of this colorful point in history is the bemused and perspicacious character of Claudius, the emperor-in-spite-of-himself. Claudius the God is the final part of this unique reconstructed “autobiography” based securely on Graves' scholarship.
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Claudius picks up the remarkable story he began in I, Claudius with his sudden promotion and his burgeoning infatuation for the beautiful and dangerous courtesan, Messalina. Capturing the vitality, splendor and decadence of Rome, Claudius the God is, in the words of the New York Times, “amusing and illuminating to a high degree, with or without its predecessor.” Its greatest appeal may be the character of Claudius himself, candid, humble, wry and endearing.
With disciplined imagination, Robert Graves recreates the Roman scene at the point of its decline. At the center of this colorful point in history is the bemused and perspicacious character of Claudius, the emperor-in-spite-of-himself. Claudius the God is the final part of this unique reconstructed “autobiography” based securely on Graves' scholarship.
Claudius the God
Claudius, whom none of his bloody-minded relatives considered worth the trouble of executing, poisoning, forcing to suicide, banishing to a desert island or starving to death-which was how they one by one got rid of each other-was one day unexpectedly proclaimed Emperor.
Claudius picks up the remarkable story he began in I, Claudius with his sudden promotion and his burgeoning infatuation for the beautiful and dangerous courtesan, Messalina. Capturing the vitality, splendor and decadence of Rome, Claudius the God is, in the words of the New York Times, “amusing and illuminating to a high degree, with or without its predecessor.” Its greatest appeal may be the character of Claudius himself, candid, humble, wry and endearing.
With disciplined imagination, Robert Graves recreates the Roman scene at the point of its decline. At the center of this colorful point in history is the bemused and perspicacious character of Claudius, the emperor-in-spite-of-himself. Claudius the God is the final part of this unique reconstructed “autobiography” based securely on Graves' scholarship.
Claudius picks up the remarkable story he began in I, Claudius with his sudden promotion and his burgeoning infatuation for the beautiful and dangerous courtesan, Messalina. Capturing the vitality, splendor and decadence of Rome, Claudius the God is, in the words of the New York Times, “amusing and illuminating to a high degree, with or without its predecessor.” Its greatest appeal may be the character of Claudius himself, candid, humble, wry and endearing.
With disciplined imagination, Robert Graves recreates the Roman scene at the point of its decline. At the center of this colorful point in history is the bemused and perspicacious character of Claudius, the emperor-in-spite-of-himself. Claudius the God is the final part of this unique reconstructed “autobiography” based securely on Graves' scholarship.
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| BN ID: | 2940170701681 |
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| Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
| Publication date: | 03/03/2008 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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