by Robert Graves · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420635125
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«Yo, Claudio» is a historical novel by Robert Graves, published by Alianza in paperback (568 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is presented as the supposed autobiography of Claudius, a member of the imperial family regarded as inept who ends up emperor against his will. The plot covers the conspiracies, purges and cruelty of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula, as well as the greatness and misery of imperial Rome.
It is the first part of the diptych completed by «Claudio el dios y su esposa Mesalina»; the translation is by Floreal Mazía.
For readers of historical fiction and biographical fiction set in imperial Rome.
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
