{"product_id":"2026200014434-secondhand-claudius-the-god","title":"Claudius The God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Roman Empire, a man once dismissed as a stammering fool ascends to the purple, and Claudius the God chronicles the extraordinary reign of Emperor Claudius with wit, grandeur, and biting irony. Told in the voice of Claudius himself, Robert Graves's masterful sequel to I, Claudius presents the full arc of his rule — from his unexpected rise after the assassination of Caligula, through his ambitious conquest of Britain, to his tragic betrayal at the hands of those closest to him. The narrative unfolds with the intimacy of a private memoir, drawing readers into the intrigues of the imperial court, the machinations of senators and freedmen, and the complex, doomed friendship between Claudius and the Jewish king Herod Agrippa.\n\nGraves, drawing on his deep command of classical sources including Suetonius and Tacitus, constructs a portrait of power that is at once deeply human and historically rich, illustrating how intelligence and decency are no match for ambition and treachery in the corridors of Roman power. The novel's tone balances scholarly authenticity with sharp dramatic tension, cementing Graves's reputation as one of the twentieth century's finest writers of historical fiction. Claudius the God stands as a towering achievement in the genre — and its final pages leave the reader haunted by the question of whether any man, however wise, can truly master his own fate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216198967515,"sku":"2026200014434-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d7884aea-b5ba-4893-bf07-6eccc42038be.png?v=1788405158","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014434-secondhand-claudius-the-god","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}