false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170385969m/52251.jpg 52251 32 Picking up where the extraordinarily interesting I, Claudius ends, <i>Claudius the God</i> tells the tale of Claudius' 13-year reign as Emperor of Rome. Naturally, it ends when Claudius is murdered--believe me, it's not giving anything away to say this; the surprise is when someone doesn't get poisoned. While Claudius spends most of his time before becoming emperor tending to his books and his writings and trying to stay out of the general line of corruption and killings, his life on the throne puts him into the center of the political maelstrom. 4232163 book 1935 Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina total:1025|5:379|4:405|3:212|2:27|1:2| 1025 4207 1323 78 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Thu Jun 05 09:26:14 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 18:28:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 10:19:29 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 10:38:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 29 17:38:22 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 13 11:53:54 -0800 2008 I, Claudius, this is like The Godfather, Part II to the earlier book's Godfather. In other words, a much more ambitious work, with a broader canvas and more spectacular success. Perhaps the best example is the treatment of Claudius's friend Herod Agrippa, who is scarcely mention...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Aug 24 13:12:23 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 13:25:09 -0700 2007 I, Claudius, this book greatly disappointed me. It lacked much of the intrigue of the first book, and those characters who succeeded in their plots did so in a brutally predictable fashion. Although Graves's devotion to his sources limits his control of the narrative, ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 22:35:42 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:22:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 27 23:18:13 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 09:06:08 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Sep 20 13:08:37 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 13:09:49 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 25 14:36:21 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 14:46:31 -0800 2009
Throughout I, Claudius, the reader sits back and mocks the characters surroundi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 19:12:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:03:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 29 08:51:51 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 08:51:51 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 17 02:45:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 15 02:56:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 21 14:01:58 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 20:05:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 20 04:34:42 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 20 04:51:31 -0800 2007 I, Claudius, this book is essentially the required descent of the pair (assuming its predecessor ended in the climax). It stands on its own as a good read, but a bit tedious and disappointing when viewed in the shadow of its older sibling.

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Claudi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 12:16:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 12:17:41 -0700 2009 I, Claudius, but this one was really good too. While the first book was assigned in a college class, I read the second because I was fascinated with the first.]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 21 10:22:03 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 10:23:22 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=52251