I, Claudius

“One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based ( The New York Times ).   Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep contro