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I, Claudius

By: Robert Graves
Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
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About this listen

 Here is a major new recording and the riveting account of Ancient Rome in all its madness and debauchery.

The politics of empire-building and the hypocrisies, back-stabbings, and corruptions of Rome's first family come to light. First published in 1934, the book retains a marvelously modern and often comic tone, and is written in the form of Claudius' autobiography. This is gripping stuff, read by one of our finest actors, who also starred as Claudius in the classic television series.

©2007 CSA Telltapes Ltd. (P)2007 CSA Telltapes Ltd. Biographical Fiction Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Ancient Rome Rome Ancient History

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I would have preferred the whole thing and length be damned but having Derek Jacobi read these is just so good.

Abridged but still a pleasure

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It's Derek Jacobi, of course it is brilliant. I wish I had the background knowledge to know what proportion is true history, but it doesn't matter. The tale stands on it's own.

Of course

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I loved this book decades ago when I read it first -
BUT THIS TIME I LOVED IT EVEN MORE :-)

Splendid!!!!

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A human and in depth look at the Julio-Claudian reigns, and some behind-the-scenes storytelling bringing mysteries to light, in a greatly entertaining way. Some parts and details are from my knowledge not fact, but a great deal is, and a lot of the mysteries and unanswered questions of the time explained with great logic. Considering the times of the writing, it’s amazing, and from the point of view of good old Claudius, you get a sympathetic yet reasonable storyteller. I cant wait to read the sequel.

Understandably a classic.

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An awesome historical soap opera which is still well worth a listen many years after it was first published.

A classic

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Excellent story wonderfully read - the slightly irritating interstitial music breaks are all that prevents this reading from perfection.

Hum

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If you, like me, were disturbed and intrigued by the television programme I Claudius I recommend this audio book. Narrated by Claudius himself, the delivery is perfect.

Amazing book and delivery

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Jacobi is a great storyteller but the violence of the text is disturbing. Still...superb

Superb but frightening

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really fantastic reading of this book. loved it. it is a good idea to have a family tree to hand when listening, as there are a lot of characters . I found this one which was fairly straightforward to follow: http://robertspage.com/claudius.html

well worth it

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Great performance of a great book, but not the full version. The unnecessary music every two minutes is also a bit annoying - not that I have anything against the Four Seasons, just a bit incongruous

Not the whole book

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