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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by Robert Graves
Yo, Claudio
The review I really have in mind will be attempted for this book only after I finish reading Claudius the God (to quench the burning curiosity of how this ‘Clau-Clau-Claudius’, a man, who in the first shock of being made emperor had this outrageous thought come rushing to his mind - "So, I'm Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.”, will conduct himself as a God-Emperor), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic, so that I can apply the same criteria for reviewing any work of history, as suggested by Claudius (original source for much of Pliny's work) himself, through Livius and Pollio (all works unfortunately lost).
Meanwhile, have a short and enjoyable snapshot sampling of the book by going through the-easy-to-follow family tree given below. Ah, the tales that can be told while tracing those lines…
by Robert Graves
Yo, Claudio
The review I really have in mind will be attempted for this book only after I finish reading Claudius the God (to quench the burning curiosity of how this ‘Clau-Clau-Claudius’, a man, who in the first shock of being made emperor had this outrageous thought come rushing to his mind - "So, I'm Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.”, will conduct himself as a God-Emperor), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic, so that I can apply the same criteria for reviewing any work of history, as suggested by Claudius (original source for much of Pliny's work) himself, through Livius and Pollio (all works unfortunately lost).
Meanwhile, have a short and enjoyable snapshot sampling of the book by going through the-easy-to-follow family tree given below. Ah, the tales that can be told while tracing those lines…
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Bettie wrote: "Oooh - me likey that family tree you've found there. Very useful for my current non-fic readThanks Riku"
Which book?
It has some laugh outloud moments - take the incident where a certain chappie is in his tent dying of plague then BAM CLAP KAPOW ZING lightening strikes and moves the outcome forward a tad.
I don't know whether you ever saw the Masterpiece Theater TV production of this book. It starred Derek Jacobi and was terrific.
Bettie wrote: "It has some laugh outloud moments - take the incident where a certain chappie is in his tent dying of plague then BAM CLAP KAPOW ZING lightening strikes and moves the outcome forward a tad."a few in this one too :)
Bruce wrote: "I don't know whether you ever saw the Masterpiece Theater TV production of this book. It starred Derek Jacobi and was terrific."No I didn't... searching for it to now.
Riku wrote: "a few in this one too :) "Yes - Graves's rendition is cracktastic, and as Bruce points out that BBC production back in the 70s was really something. It was broadcast on BBC2 back to back with The Water Margin on Monday nights.
TV has seldom been so impressive since.
Thanks Riku