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Claudius the God by Robert Graves; Barry Unsworth (Foreword by)
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel toI, Claudiusgives 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 reco ...Show more
Goodbye To All That: Popular Penguins by Robert Graves
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
'There has been a lot of fighting hereabouts. The trenches have made themselves rather than been made, and run inconsequently in and out of the big thirty-foot high stacks of bricks; it is most confusing. The parapet of a trench which we don't occupy is built up with ammunition boxes and corpses . . .'I ...Show more
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. In "I, Claudius", he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors: from ...Show more
I, Claudius: Popular Penguins by Robert Graves
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Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Bringing to life the subterfuge and double-dealing of Roman nobility, Robert Graves's I, Claudius brings the ancient world to life with startling clarity and meticulous realism. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is a includes an introduction by Barry Unsworth.Despised for his weakness and regarded by ...Show more
Lawrence and the Arabs by Robert Graves; Dale Maharidge (Introduction by)
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Category: History
The story of the Middle East in the early 20th century--through the eyes of two of that period's greatest Englishmen--Robert Graves and Lawrence of Arabia. "Brilliant and provocative."--The New York Times Beginning his life-long affair with the Middle East, T.E. Lawrence--Lawrence of Arabia--mad ...Show more
Selected Poems [Robert Graves] by Robert Graves Jr.
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Category: Poetry
An essential selection from the range and bulk of Robert Graves's poetry, edited by Ulster poet Michael Longley. This edition restores Graves to view as a major twentieth century poet, and demonstrates his manifold achievement as war poet, as love poet, and as - in the round - a secular visionary whose ...Show more
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition by Robert Graves
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Category: Mythology
*The definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek myths*'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer see Ica ...Show more
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius; Robert Graves (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Pocket Penguins Ser.
De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies, each about one of the Roman emperors, including one on Julius Caesar. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, in 121. Considered highly significant in antiquity, The Twelve Caesars ha ...Show more
The White Goddess : A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth (4th edition) by Robert Graves (ed Grevel Lindop)
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Category: Culture & Ideas
This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. Erudite and impassioned, it is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic ...Show more
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