I Claudius audiobook (6 CDs)

Resumen del libro

This is 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 Caligula is told by their obscure relation, Claudius. In public, Claudius is a stammering, drooling weakling, whose reputation as an idiot keeps him safe from office and assassination.

But in private, he's as sharp as they come, and keeps a secret history of everything he discovers. Until one day, as one of the few of his family left alive, he's acclaimed Emperor against his will. Can he save Rome from the corruption he's grown to detest? Featuring Derek Jacobi (who won a BAFTA for his performance as Claudius in the acclaimed 1977 BBC television production) as Augustus, and with an all-star cast, this gripping dramatisation will enthral anyone who loves the decadence of Ancient Rome.

Biografía del autor

Robert Graves es uno de los escritores británicos más importantes del siglo XX. Poeta, novelista y ensayista, nació en Londres en 1895 y murió en Deià (Mallorca), tras pasar allí dos tercios de su vida, en 1985. Publicó su primer libro de poesía a los 21 años, convaleciente de las heridas recibidas en la batalla del Somme, donde lo dieron por muerto. Fue catedrático de poesía en la universidad de Oxford, editor y autor de novelas como "Yo, Claudio", o "El conde Belisario" y ensayos como "La Diosa Blanca", "Los mitos hebreos" y "Los mitos griegos", todos ellos publicados en Alianza Editorial.