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020			_a9780141188591 (PB)
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080			_a82-3 _bGRA
100			_aGraves, Robert
245			_aI, Claudius
260			_bPenguin Classics _c2006 _aUK
300			_a392p. _bill.
520			_aOnce a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for Emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a safety and a monarchy, Graves' Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him.
650			_aBiographical fiction _vClaudius _vEmperor of Rome _v10 B.C.-54 A.D. Fiction
690			_aGeneral
942			_cBK
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