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Author: Robert Graves
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Author Robert Graves
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 5h 47m
A full-cast dramatisation of Robert Graves' brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome, starring Tom Goodman Hill as Claudius and Derek Jacobi as Augustus. The wickedly entertaining inside story of the lives and deaths of the Imperial dynasty from Augustus to Caligula is told by their obscure relation, Claudius. In public...
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Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 5h 3m
I, Claudius is Robert Graves' riveting account of Ancient Rome in all of its madness and debauchery. First published in 1934 and written in the form of a secret autobiography, it endures as one of literature's most celebrated and compelling historical novels. Abhorred for his weakness and viewed by his family as little more than a stammering fool,...
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Author Robert Graves
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 4h 53m
Robert Graves relates his time in the trenches. Robert Graves's writing is versatile and intense. Famous as a war poet, his prose works are on a stage of their own, especially this piece, which is an autobiographical account of Grave's school days and life as a soldier in the trenches in World War 1. Political as well as personal, the piece is imp...
View BookClaudius Series Book 2: Claudius the God
Author: Robert Graves
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Author Robert Graves
Narrator Derek Jacobi
SeriesClaudius, Book 2
Duration 5h 9m
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel to I, Claudius gives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history. Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He recounts his surprisingly successful rule; how...
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Author Robert Graves
Narrator Jonathan Oliver
Duration 19h 45m
A majestic and detailed portrayal of ancient Rome and the reigns of the benevolent Augustus, tyranical Tiberius and insane Caligula, from 10 BC - 41 AD as told by Claudius, who, with his stutter and shambling gait, is an unlikely and unwilling successor to their throne.
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Author Robert Graves
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 5h
Robert Graves's classic autobiography tells the story of his life at public school and as a young officer during the First World War in an engaging diary style. Graves describes the military hierarchy, camaraderie (in particular his friendship with Siegfried Sassoon), trench warfare and his increasing disillusionment with war in a fascinating insig...
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