Ich, Claudius, Kaiser und Gott

Claudius, the unwilling emperor who remained a convinced democrat at heart, was poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina, the mother of Nero - unable to escape his fate: This ruler has been poorly judged by his contemporaries. Ranke Graves undertakes a kind of historical vindication with his work. He honors Claudius as a level-headed, wise monarch who, having been placed on the throne on a whim, had to and could govern. This classic masterpiece of the amusingly ironic novel revives Roman history in an exciting and entertaining way while never straying from historical facts. A book that has become famous, translated into 16 languages, with a total German edition of over 1 million copies.