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Claudius the God by Robert Graves; Barry Unsworth (Foreword by)
$22.99 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
Count Belisarius by Robert Graves
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the name of Belisarius, the Emperor Justinian's greatest general. With this book Robert Graves again demonstrates his command of a vast historical subject, creating a st ...Show more
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
$19.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Presents an account of the author's life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life.
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
$19.99 AUD
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
$12.99 AUD
Category: Biography | 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
LONG WEEKEND A SOCIAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN 1918-1939 by GRAVES ROBERT HODGE ALAN
$29.95 AUD
Category: History and Politics
The Greek Myths by Robert Graves
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The heroes and villains, gods and goddesses of ancient Greece have long inspired artists and, more recently, filmmakers to recreate their images. But how did the Greeks see them? And what stories lay behind the familiar names - from Aphrodite to Zeus - that so pervade our culture? Robert Graves' masterf ...Show more
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition by Robert Graves
$35.00 AUD
Category: Reference
The "Greek Myths" is the definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves' classic imaginative and poetic 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 ov ...Show more
The White Goddess : A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth (4th edition) by Robert Graves (ed Grevel Lindop)
$32.95 AUD
Category: Reference
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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