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I, Claudius

2014-03-06 Fiction
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Release : 2014-03-06
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 799/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis I, Claudius by : Robert Graves

Download or read book I, Claudius written by Robert Graves. This book was released on 2014-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based (The New York Times). Once 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 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 monarchy, Graves’s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio. “[A] legendary tale of Claudius . . . [A] gem of modern literature.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Robert Graves

2018-08-09 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2018-08-09
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 152/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Robert Graves by : Jean Moorcroft Wilson

Download or read book Robert Graves written by Jean Moorcroft Wilson. This book was released on 2018-08-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writer and poet Robert Graves suppressed virtually all of the poems he had published during and just after the First World War. Until his son, William Graves, reprinted almost all the Poems About War in 1988, Graves's status as a 'war poet' seems to have depended mainly on his prose memoir (and bestseller), Good-bye to All That. None of the previous biographies written on Graves, however excellent, attempt to deal with this paradox in any depth. Robert Graves the war poet and the suppressed poems themselves have been largely neglected – until now. Jean Moorcroft Wilson, celebrated biographer of poets Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg and Edward Thomas, relates Graves's fascinating life during this period, his experiences in the war, his being left for dead at the Battle of the Somme, his leap from a third-storey window after his lover Laura Riding's even more dramatic jump from the fourth storey, his move to Spain and his final 'goodbye' to 'all that'. In this deeply-researched new book, containing startling material never before brought to light, Dr Moorcroft Wilson traces not only Graves's compelling life, but also the development of his poetry during the First World War, his thinking about the conflict and his shifting attitude towards it. Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That casts new light on the life, prose and poetry of Graves, without which the story of Great War poetry is incomplete.

Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure

1928 Arab countries
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Release : 1928
Genre : Arab countries
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure by : Robert Graves

Download or read book Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure written by Robert Graves. This book was released on 1928. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts T. E. Lawrence life with special emphasis on his involvement in the Royal Air Force both during and after World War I.

The Big Green Book

2018-11-13 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2018-11-13
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 831/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Big Green Book by : Robert Graves

Download or read book The Big Green Book written by Robert Graves. This book was released on 2018-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FANS OF MAURICE SENDAK’S CALDECOTT MEDAL-WINNING WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WILL LOVE THE BIG GREEN BOOK—NOW BACK IN PRINT! A little boy named Jack discovers a big green book of magic in the attic and learns all sorts of spells—spells to change the look of things, spells to make him old and gray or disappear entirely! Jack makes the most of his new magic powers, and his poor old aunt and uncle are quite bewildered. This enchanting tale by noted British author Robert Graves is masterfully illustrated by Maurice Sendak, seven-time Caldecott Honor recipient, National Book Award winner, and the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Where the Wild Things Are.

The White Goddess

1966-01-01 Literary Criticism
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Release : 1966-01-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 939/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The White Goddess by : Robert Graves

Download or read book The White Goddess written by Robert Graves. This book was released on 1966-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Goddess is perhaps the finest of Robert Graves's works on the psychological and mythological sources of poetry. In this tapestry of poetic and religious scholarship, Graves explores the stories behind the earliest of European deities—the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Death—who was worshipped under countless titles. He also uncovers the obscure and mysterious power of "pure poetry" and its peculiar and mythic language.

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