num_pages: 416
description: Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. In I, Claudius 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, and stands as one of the most celebrated, gripping historical novels ever written.
language: English
title: I, Claudius
titlecomplete: I, Claudius
characters: Caligula, Livia Drusa, Augustus, Valeria Messalina, Agrippina the Elder, Nero (emperor), Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
genres: Fiction, Historical, Italy, British Literature, Literature, Ancient History, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 65017
places: Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Rome, Italy
series: Claudius
awards: awardedAt: -1136044800000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -1104508800000
name: Hawthornden Prize, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Audie Award
category: Audio Drama
publisher: Penguin Classics