Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina

Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina: The Troublesome Reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (Born 10 BC, Died AD 54), as described by Himself; also his murder at the hands of the notorius Agrippina (mother of the Emperor Nero) and his subsequent Deification, as described by Others with an Introduction by BARRY UNSWORTH. -- Claudius the God ©1935 [Paperback / Softcover edition -- ISBN: 0140004211] Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain. But the growing paranoia of absolute power and the infidelity of his promiscuous young wife Messalina mean that his good fortune will not last forever. In this second part of Robert Gravess fictionalized autobiography, Claudius - wry, rueful, always inquisitive - brings to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in History. |...| Editorial Reviews: --Robert Graves, Paris Review: "'I, Claudius' and 'Claudius the God' took me eight months [to write]. I had to get the job done quickly because I was L$ 4000 in debt. I got so close to him that I was accused of doing a lot of research that I had never done at all....If you only use the main sources and you know the period, a book writes itself." // Synopsis from the Trade Paperback edition: "Robert Graves begins anew the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emporer in spite of himself. Captures the vitality, splendor, and decadence of the Roman world at the point of its decline". // --Graham Greene, Spectator, 10/04/1934: "One must admire the skill with which Mr. Graves has caught the coyness of a rather whimsical old man and maintained this tone unwearingly to the last page....Mr. Graves has simply given an ingenious and painstaking imitation of a historical work translated from the Latin." // Review: "The whole reads like a genuine human document. It gives an elaborate picture of Roman life in its brilliance and decadence, not only reconstructed with the resources of scholarship and a disciplined imagination but as seen through shrewd and generous eyes." --
Times Literary Supplement, 05/10/1934.

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