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Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: Rosetta Books |
Total Pages |
: 606 |
Release |
: 2014-03-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780795336799 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0795336799 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis I, Claudius by : Robert Graves
“One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based (The New York Times). Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a monarchy, Graves’s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio. “[A] legendary tale of Claudius . . . [A] gem of modern literature.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author |
: Jean Moorcroft Wilson |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2018-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472929150 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472929152 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Robert Graves by : Jean Moorcroft Wilson
The writer and poet Robert Graves suppressed virtually all of the poems he had published during and just after the First World War. Until his son, William Graves, reprinted almost all the Poems About War in 1988, Graves's status as a 'war poet' seems to have depended mainly on his prose memoir (and bestseller), Good-bye to All That. None of the previous biographies written on Graves, however excellent, attempt to deal with this paradox in any depth. Robert Graves the war poet and the suppressed poems themselves have been largely neglected – until now. Jean Moorcroft Wilson, celebrated biographer of poets Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg and Edward Thomas, relates Graves's fascinating life during this period, his experiences in the war, his being left for dead at the Battle of the Somme, his leap from a third-storey window after his lover Laura Riding's even more dramatic jump from the fourth storey, his move to Spain and his final 'goodbye' to 'all that'. In this deeply-researched new book, containing startling material never before brought to light, Dr Moorcroft Wilson traces not only Graves's compelling life, but also the development of his poetry during the First World War, his thinking about the conflict and his shifting attitude towards it. Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That casts new light on the life, prose and poetry of Graves, without which the story of Great War poetry is incomplete.
Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 476 |
Release |
: 1928 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015003454280 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure by : Robert Graves
This book recounts T. E. Lawrence life with special emphasis on his involvement in the Royal Air Force both during and after World War I.
Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: Vintage Classic |
Total Pages |
: 64 |
Release |
: 2017-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0099595338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780099595335 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Big Green Book by : Robert Graves
The little boy Jack discovers a big green book of magic in the attic, and learns all sorts of spells - spells to change the look of things, spells to make him old and grey, or disappear entirely! Of course I can't tell you how all these things were done, because this was a long time ago and the big green book has now disappeared. But if you want to read about what Jack did with his new magic powers, and how his poor old aunt and uncle were quite bewildered, then take a look inside... An enchanting, strange and sometimes chilling tale, masterfully illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: Rosetta Books |
Total Pages |
: 414 |
Release |
: 2014-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780795337154 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0795337159 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hebrew Myths by : Robert Graves
The I, Claudius author’s “lightning sharp interpretations and insights . . . are here brought to bear with equal effectiveness on the Book of Genesis” (Kirkus Reviews). This is a comprehensive look at the stories that make up the Old Testament and the Jewish religion, including the folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah do not include. In this exhaustive study, Robert Graves provides a fascinating account of pre-Biblical texts that have been censored, suppressed, and hidden for centuries, and which now emerge to give us a clearer view of Hebrew myth and religion than ever. Venerable classicist and historian Robert Graves recounts the ancient Hebrew stories, both obscure and familiar, with a rich sense of storytelling, culture, and spirituality. This book is sure to be riveting to students of Jewish or Judeo-Christian history, culture, and religion.
Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages |
: 516 |
Release |
: 1966-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0374504938 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780374504939 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis The White Goddess by : Robert Graves
The White Goddess is perhaps the finest of Robert Graves's works on the psychological and mythological sources of poetry. In this tapestry of poetic and religious scholarship, Graves explores the stories behind the earliest of European deities—the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Death—who was worshipped under countless titles. He also uncovers the obscure and mysterious power of "pure poetry" and its peculiar and mythic language.
Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 395 |
Release |
: 2014-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141395272 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141395273 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Good-bye to All That by : Robert Graves
"There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out. As Blighty, Great Britain was a quiet, easy place to get back to out of the present foreign misery, but as a nation it was nothing." This is the original version of Robert Graves's intense memoir of the First World War, restoring this raw, emotionally truthful, darkly comic work to the way it was first written, by a young man still reeling from the trenches. 'We see the dark heart of the book even more clearly, and hear it beating even more loudly, in this original edition than we do in the comparatively careful and considered terms of the later one' Andrew Motion 'One of the most candid self-portraits, warts and all, ever painted' TLS
Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 622 |
Release |
: 2006-08-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141188133 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141188138 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Count Belisarius by : Robert Graves
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 startling and vivid picture of a decadent era.
Author |
: Robert Graves |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 410 |
Release |
: 1940 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015031237012 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sergeant Lamb's America by : Robert Graves
Historical novel of the American revolution as seen by a sergeant in the British army.
Author |
: Bruce King |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1905791941 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781905791941 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Robert Graves by : Bruce King
Biographies and Autobiographies.