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reviewed I, Claudius by Robert Graves (Vintage international)

Robert Graves: I, Claudius (1989, Vintage Books) 4 stars

Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 B.C. to 54 A.D. Despised as a …

Review of 'I, Claudius' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Funny, outrageous, and scattered with brilliant eruptions of prose, Graves' I, Claudius is a masterful work of historical reimagining and a perfect follow up to Fire and Fury. I could hear Claudius in dialogue with Michael Wolff throughout: "Th- th- th- that's not a scandal. This is a sca- sca- sca- scandal."