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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. Claudius the god and his wife Messalina

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Personal name headingGraves, Robert, 1895-1985. Claudius the god and his wife Messalina
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Variant(s)Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. Claudius the god
See alsoSequel to: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. I, Claudius
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Form of workFiction Historical fiction
Beginning date1934
Place of originLondon (England) Deià (Spain)
Found inGraves, Robert. Claudius the god, p1987.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the god and his wife Messalina, 1935: t.p. (the troublesome reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (born B.C. 10, died A.D. 54), as described by himself; also his murder at the hands of the notorious Agrippina (mother of the Emperor Nero) and his subsequent deification, as described by others)
OCLC, 24 February 2015 (usages: Claudius the god and his wife Messalina, Claudius the god; publication statement of earliest manifestation: London : Arthur Barker, 1934)
Robert Graves Trust Web page, 24 February 2015: Robert Graves Resources: Abbreviated Higginson bibliography (Claudius the god; first edition 1934 (England); first American edition 1935) Biography (Graves is probably best known as the author of I, Claudius and Claudius the God (1934), a two-volume fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor of the first century; written while living in Deya, Majorca)
Wikipedia, 24 February 2015: I Claudius (I, Claudius; 1st edition: Arthur Barker, 1934; historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius; it includes history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in 41 AD; the "autobiography" of Claudius continues (from Claudius's accession after Caligula's death, to his own death in 54) in Claudius the God (1935))