"Which English writer wrote ""Goodbye To All That"", ""I, Claudius"", ""Claudius The God"" and ""King Jesus""?"
I, Claudius I, Claudius I, Claudius (1934) is a novel by English writer Robert Graves, written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius. Accordingly, it includes the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in 41 AD. The 'autobiography' of Claudius continues (from Claudius' accession after Caligula's death, to his own death in 54) in Claudius the God (1935). The sequel also includes a section written as a biography of Herod Agrippa, contemporary of Claudius and future King of the Jews. The two books were adapted
I, Claudius his son to his death. Claudius resignedly accepts that his death will be soon with numerous signs suggesting such. The "I, Claudius" novels, as they are called collectively, became massively popular when first published in 1934 and gained literary recognition with the award of the 1934 James Tait Black Prize for fiction. They are probably Graves's best known work aside from his myth essay "The White Goddess", his English translation of "The Golden Ass" and his own autobiography "Goodbye to All That." Graves later claimed that they were written only from financial need on a strict deadline. Nonetheless, they are