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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet on the death of Caligula Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch Suetonius and Tacitus noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a monarchy Graves?s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves? most successful I Claudius has been adapted to television film theatre and audio. (MP)