And the sequel, Claudius the God. Some of the page-turniest yet most glowingly literary fiction you're likely to read! This was Graves' idea of making a quick

And the sequel, Claudius the God. Some of the page-turniest yet most glowingly literary fiction you're likely to read! This was Graves' idea of making a quick buck by dashing off a potboiler, btw: > Graves stated in an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge in 1965, that he wrote I, Claudius mainly because he needed the money to pay off a debt, having been let down in a land deal. He needed to raise £4000, but with the success of the books he brought in £8000 in six months, thus extricating himself from his precarious financial position. [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius