Robert Graves

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Robert Graves' brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome, starring Tom Goodman Hill as Claudius and Derek Jacobi as Augustus. The wickedly entertaining inside story of the lives and deaths of the Imperial dynasty from Augustus to...

Goodbye to All That is Robert Graves' searing autobiography and an emotional first-hand account of life in the Great War trenches. A graphic storyteller, Graves begins with the petty cruelties of his public school upbringing. Then, almost in 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary style, he paints...

I, Claudius is Robert Graves' riveting account of Ancient Rome in all its madness and debauchery. First published in 1934, and written in the form of Claudius' autobiography, it endures as one of literature's most celebrated and compelling historical novels. Abhorred by his weakness and viewed...

Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel to I, Claudius gives 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...

"Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography" by Robert Graves is a seminal work that vividly captures the harrowing experiences of a young British officer during World War I. Published in 1929, the book provides a candid and unflinching portrayal of life in the trenches, exploring the brutality and...

In sixth century AD, the Roman Empire is fighting for its survival. Its western territories have fallen, its enemies are closing in, and Emperor Justinian dreams of restoring Rome to its former glory. To achieve the impossible, he needs a commander of exceptional courage, strategic brilliance...

'Still an acknowledged masterpiece and a model for historical fiction ... sympathetic and intensely involving: a great feat of imagination' - Hilary Mantel Behind the splendour of ancient Rome lies a world of ruthless ambition, poisoned chalices, and murderous political intrigue. In I, Claudius...

First published in 1929, Goodbye to All That is Robert Graves’s extraordinary account of a world shattered by the First World War. From his childhood in Edwardian England and his education at Charterhouse to the blood-soaked trenches of the Western Front, Graves traces the making and unmaking...

The definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek myths. Gods who behave like mortals. Heroes who defy fate. Monsters born from humanity’s oldest fears. Discover the stories that shaped Western civilisation. Long before the modern world, the ancient...

A bold retelling of Homer's ancient epic, The Odyssey. In Homer’s Daughter, celebrated novelist and poet Robert Graves reimagines the origins of The Odyssey in a bold, imaginative retelling that challenges everything we think we know about one of literature’s oldest masterpieces. On the...

In The White Goddess, Robert Graves embarks on an extraordinary intellectual and imaginative journey into the origins of myth, ritual, and poetic inspiration. Drawing on Celtic legend, Greek mythology, and ancient European traditions,, Graves develops his provocative vision of an ancient Mother...

The Claudius Collection: I, Claudius & Claudius the God Step into the treacherous world of ancient Rome, where ambition, betrayal and murder shape the fate of an empire. In these two classic novels, Robert Graves brings to life the extraordinary story of Claudius, the unlikely emperor who...

Continuing the saga begun in I, Claudius, Robert Graves's Claudius the God is a compelling fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor. Having outlived the conspiracies, betrayals, and bloodshed that decimated his family, Claudius has finally ascended to the imperial throne. Once dismissed as a...

"Mi accingo a scrivere della mia vita; a partire dalla mia prima fanciullezza via via anno per anno fino a quella svolta fatale in cui, circa otto anni fa, mi trovai subitamente impelagato in una crisi che chiamerò 'aurea' e dalla quale non ho mai potuto districarmi." Zio di Caligola, marito...

Prima della scienza, prima della religione, c'è il mito. Modo ingenuo - ci dicono -, modo fantasioso, spregiudicato e prescientifico, di spiegare l'origine delle cose e degli uomini, gli usi, i costumi e le leggi. Filologia, etnografia, antropologia hanno lacerato il velo del mito...