CLAUDIUS THE GOD and HIS WIFE MESSALINA (Vintage Books v-425)

Robert Graves

Published by Vintage Books/Random House, New York, NY, 1962

About this Item

BRAND NEW COPY w/faint humidity stains to lower edges of softcover. Historical novel of ancient Roman from English poet, novelist & classicist Robert Graves (1895 - 1985). Sequel to "I, Claudius" (1934) written narrated in the autobiographical format in by Claudisum 4th Roman Emperor of Rome (r. 41-54 AD). Crowned at the age of 49. Being a cripple, stammered, & had nervous tics, he was long judged a fool and much disparaged. This volume describes the troublesome reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar ((10 B.C - 54 A.D.). A complex, literary portrait of a Roman emperor, Roman life, the pain of a father unable to protect his son, and how a near fifty-year-old man takes on a wife but fifteen years of age. Seller Inventory # 017583

Bibliographic Details

Title: CLAUDIUS THE GOD and HIS WIFE MESSALINA (...

Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1962

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued