BOOKS by Graves,Robert

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1	Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist "The objects of this autobiography, written at the age of thirty-three, are simple enough: an opportunity for a formal good-bye to you and to you and to you and to me and to all that; forgetfulness, because once all this has been settled in my mind and written down and published it need never be thought about again; money." Thus begins Robert ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Goodbye to all that more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist "The objects of this autobiography, written at the age of thirty-three, are simple enough: an opportunity for a formal good-bye to you and to you and to you and to me and to all that; forgetfulness, because once all this has been settled in my mind and written down and published it need never be thought about again; money." Thus begins Robert ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $10.10! \| SVS
3	Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist Robert Graves begins anew the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emporer in spite of himself. Captures the vitality, splendor, and decadence of the Roman world at the point of its decline. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The White Goddess; a historical grammar of poetic myth more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist A work first published in 1948 in which Graves argues that the language of poetic myth current in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe was a magical language bound up with popular religious ceremonies in honour of the Moon-goddess, or Muse - some dating from the Old Stone Age. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.64! \| first editions \| SVS
5	I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist The subject of this renowned historical novel is the emperor Tiberius Claudius. Claudius has, essentially, seen it all between the years 44 B.C. and 54 A.D. Growing up in the house of Augustus, Claudius has a limp and a stammer, and is thought to be mentally deficient. In Graves's hands, Claudius's defects are precisely what enable him to survive ... see all copies from $2.08! new only from $9.41! \| first editions \| SVS
6	I Claudius more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist A work of historical fiction which recreates the life and times of Emperor Claudius, who lived from 10 BC to AD 41, a time when poisoning, blasphemy, treachery, incest and unnatural vice were commonplace. From the author of CLAUDIUS THE GOD AND HIS WIFE MESSALINA. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Greek Myths more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist The Greek Myths has long been among Graves's most popular works, compendious in scope and lively in the telling. No poet of the twentieth century, not even Ezra Pound, was so compendiously learned as Graves in the origins of our Mediterranean cultures. While his approach to myth is original and sometimes contentious, his narrative is always ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.95! \| first editions
8	The Twelve Caesars more books like this by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, Robert Graves (Translator), J B Rives (Notes by) add to wishlist As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history. "The Twelve Caesars" chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.86! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Greek Gods and Heroes more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist Recounts the glorious days when gods and godesses who dwelt on Mount Olympus ruled over the world of mortals below, and fabled heroes performed mighty deeds of valor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.86! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Count Belisarius more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the name of Belisarius, the Emperor Justinian's greatest general. With this book Robert Graves again demonstrates his command of a vast historical subject, creating a startling and vivid picture of a decadent era ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $20.46! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Robert Graves (Translator) add to wishlist In the ancient world of Thessaly, a young adventurer betrays a priestess of the White Goddess and is turned into an ass. How he resumes human form makes up this tale abounding in lusty incident and bawdy wit. In all of literature, there are few books with the vitality of THE GOLDEN ASS. Here is Robert Graves's masterful translation from the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.31! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 more books like this by Robert Graves, Alan Hodge add to wishlist A survey of the inter-war period, including surface aspects of the era, from current plays and novels to the latest dance fads and fashions imported from America, but also discussing the germinal and international influences at work in politics, business, science and the church. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Claudius the God more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist A continuation of the story of the Emperor Claudius, beginning with his ascension to the throne. Claudius tells the story of his reign and the mistakes he made as he learned how to administrate his empire. He leads his Romans through a period of efficiency and growth, conquering Britain, and then into a revolt in A.D. 48. Finally he is stunned by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	King Jesus more books like this by Graves add to wishlist In this work of historical fiction, told by Agabus the Decapolitan, Graves confronts Christianity, suggesting that Jesus's mother was secretly married to Herod's eldest son Antipater, whom Herod sacrificed in a ritual; that Jesus was conceived at the Feast of Tabernacles, which was at that time a fertility festival of the Great Mother Goddess cult ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $7.38! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Lawrence and the Arabs more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist British archaeologist and agent T.E. Lawrence became legendary throughout the world as the brilliant desert war strategist who joined Arab forces in a rebellion against Turkish domination in 1916. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $23.48! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Greek Myths: Volume 1 more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist Endymion, Pelops, Daedalus, Pygmalion - what are the stories behind these and the hundreds of other familiar names from Greek mythology - names that recur throughout the history of European culture? In a two-volume work that has become a classic reference book for both the serious scholar and the casual inquirer, Robert Graves retells the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17	Hercules My Shipmate more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Sergeant Lamb's America more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist Robert Graves details the fictional life and exploits of one Sergeant Lamb of Dublin, an officer in the British Army who fights in the Revolutionary War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	Homer's daughter more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist Robert Graves posits that the "Odyssey" occurred in Western Sicily, and that it was written not by Homer, but by the woman who is known as Nausicaa. This is a theory first offered by Samuel Butler, and when Graves read Butler's work he became persuaded of its plausibility and wrote a novel detailing how it could have happened. see all copies from $5.25! new only from $34.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Greek Myths: Combined Edition more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist In a work that has become a classic reference book for both the serious scholar and the casual inquirer, Graves retells the adventures of the important gods and heroes worshipped by the ancient Greeks. Each entry provides a full commentary which examines problems of interpretation in both historical and anthropological terms, and in light of ... see all copies from $3.90! new only from $11.77! \| SVS
21	The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.99! \| first editions
22	Big Green Book more books like this by Robert Graves, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is a very funny book about Jack, who has a big book of spells and an overpowering dull uncle and aunt, and uses the first to improve the second! see all copies from $1.99! new only from $77.31! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America more books like this by Earl G Graves, Robert L Crandall (Foreword by) add to wishlist From the high-profile founder of the highly successful "Black Enterprise" magazine comes an illuminating guide for the aspiring African-American entrepreneur. Graves uses his own story--which includes careers in the military, real estate, and public service as an assistant to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy--and those of dozens of other black men and women ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Greek Myths: Volume 2 more books like this by R Graves add to wishlist Robert Graves, classicist, poet and unorthodox critic, retells the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audience. He demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that Greek mythology is 'no more mysterious in content than are modern election cartoons'. All the scattered elements of each myth are assembled into a harmonious ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25	They hanged my saintly Billy more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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