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A review by grubstlodger
Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
4.0
One of the bigger surprises of the first book was the lack of King Herod, one of my favourite characters in the TV series…he appears in this, the sequel, which is rather Herod-heavy at the beginning. The first few chapters are completely Herod-based.
When we return to Claudius, he has become Emperor against his will. A large chunk of the book deals with Claudius’s attempt to be a good Emperor. However, as the narrator, the impartiality we have expected from Claudius is compromised - we can’t trust Claudius the same as we could in the previous book.
That said, I think ‘Claudius the God’, though not better than ‘I,Claudius’ does succeed as a book and is better than the TV show, but this is more to do with a dip in the series then anything else.
A sequels go, not bad.
When we return to Claudius, he has become Emperor against his will. A large chunk of the book deals with Claudius’s attempt to be a good Emperor. However, as the narrator, the impartiality we have expected from Claudius is compromised - we can’t trust Claudius the same as we could in the previous book.
That said, I think ‘Claudius the God’, though not better than ‘I,Claudius’ does succeed as a book and is better than the TV show, but this is more to do with a dip in the series then anything else.
A sequels go, not bad.