>>24821191
I won't pass it up. I recently picked up an old Paperback penguin copy of it at Oxfam books when I realised I, Claudius had a sequel. However, I will probably read it in a few books time as I've got a lot that I'm incredibly excited to read and as much as I will read it, I kind of like the idea of leaving Claudius there, being carried around on shoulder-tops bewildered, and unsure of how he even managed to survive this long, let alone be named emperor. I loved that what he is most eager to do as emperor is to force people to read and respect his writings. I feel that seeing Claudius as emperor isn't as interesting to me as him being on the sidelines writing histories, playing the fool, and watching everyone be banished or killed. I am interested to see how Graves portrays Claudius' reign in general though as I've only read Suetonius' brief account in The Twelve Caesars which is critical of the man himself. Either way I'm sure it will be funny and entertaining. Would you say you prefer I, Claudius or Claudius the God?
