I, Claudius
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Derek Jacobi
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Robert Graves
About this listen
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.
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- A. R. Daw
- 06-07-22
Of course
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.
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- Matt Mower
- 02-01-23
Abridged but still a pleasure
I would have preferred the whole thing and length be damned but having Derek Jacobi read these is just so good.
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- H.A.B.
- 13-06-23
Splendid!!!!
I loved this book decades ago when I read it first -
BUT THIS TIME I LOVED IT EVEN MORE :-)
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- Zazafraz
- 09-04-24
Understandably a classic.
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.
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- S. Walker
- 25-06-19
A classic
An awesome historical soap opera which is still well worth a listen many years after it was first published.
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- The hon Paul Randolph - Welsby
- 10-11-20
Hum
Excellent story wonderfully read - the slightly irritating interstitial music breaks are all that prevents this reading from perfection.
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- Cat
- 05-09-18
Amazing book and delivery
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.
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- Angeline Gordon
- 12-05-23
Superb but frightening
Jacobi is a great storyteller but the violence of the text is disturbing. Still...superb
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- Mr L.
- 22-08-20
well worth it
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
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- M. J. Cooksley
- 15-08-22
Not the whole book
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
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