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I, Claudius

By: Robert Graves
Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
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 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 Biography Ancient Rome Rome Ancient History
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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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Wish I’d read this years ago. Best book I’ve read all year - makes sense now why it’s such a classic!

Fantastic

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Loved it! Beautifully read by Derek Jacobi who really brought the whole historical story to life.

Excellent tale

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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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I have read the book many times and I have listened to a previous audiobook Jacobi did when he was younger. His voice is still great but the constant unnecessary violins every 5 minutes ruined what should have been a perfect experience. They add nothing to the pace of the story. I wish they could be edited out. I have the sequel to read so I expect the have mucked that up as well.

Derek Jacobi Is Wonderful

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