{"product_id":"i-claudius-robert-von-ranke-graves","title":"I, Claudius (Robert Von Ranke Graves)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Still an acknowledged masterpiece and a model for historical fiction  ... sympathetic and intensely involving: a great feat of imagination' Hilary Mantel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing to life the intrigue of ancient Rome, Robert Graves's \u003ci\u003eI, Claudius \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most celebrated, gripping historical novels ever written\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. In \u003ci\u003eI, Claudius\u003c\/i\u003e he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors: from the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the insane excesses of Caligula. Written in the form of Claudius' autobiography, this is the first part of Robert Graves's brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction by Barry Unsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An imaginative and hugely readable account of the early decades of the Roman Empire ... racy, inventive, often comic'\u003ci\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRobert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to All That\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 416 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65809643602269,"sku":"K053284466","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5328446600001A.jpg?v=1788511286","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/i-claudius-robert-von-ranke-graves","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}