Author: Robert Graves
Intro by John Mortimer, Illustrated by Neil Packer
Published following the 1943 edition, reprinted by Methuen London and Random House, Inc., London 1995
Folio Society
Page Count: 400
Robert Graves wrote this in the early 1930s. He had fought in World War One and his war time memoir, Goodbye to All That, is frank about the dehumanization and trauma. It is still continuously in print. Perhaps the Ancient World was a refuge from the persistent psychic pain of the war. In any event, he was a serious classics scholar, and he had a high emotional intelligence. This allowed him to imagine the world of Claudius, whose stuttering and club foot, attested to in the ancient chronicles, must have resonated with Graves. The companion works I, Claudius and this Claudius the God, were very well received and still gain new readers in every generation. The famous PBS series with Derek Jacobi has also made Claudius a celebrity, for which we have Graves to thank.
This heritage is enough to interest the Folio Society. They have given Graves the full Folio treatment. The colorful fabric cover. The liner genealogy. The crisp white paper. Their books are lovely to behold, especially when in great condition as is this copy.
Condition: Fine/Excellent. Appears unread.
Author: Robert Graves
Intro by John Mortimer, Illustrated by Neil Packer
Published following the 1943 edition, reprinted by Methuen London and Random House, Inc., London 1995
Folio Society
Page Count: 400
Robert Graves wrote this in the early 1930s. He had fought in World War One and his war time memoir, Goodbye to All That, is frank about the dehumanization and trauma. It is still continuously in print. Perhaps the Ancient World was a refuge from the persistent psychic pain of the war. In any event, he was a serious classics scholar, and he had a high emotional intelligence. This allowed him to imagine the world of Claudius, whose stuttering and club foot, attested to in the ancient chronicles, must have resonated with Graves. The companion works I, Claudius and this Claudius the God, were very well received and still gain new readers in every generation. The famous PBS series with Derek Jacobi has also made Claudius a celebrity, for which we have Graves to thank.
This heritage is enough to interest the Folio Society. They have given Graves the full Folio treatment. The colorful fabric cover. The liner genealogy. The crisp white paper. Their books are lovely to behold, especially when in great condition as is this copy.
Condition: Fine/Excellent. Appears unread.
