The writing of Robert Graves

(Im)proper Wife: Robert Graves= Wife to Mr Milton As a novelist, Robert Graves is probably best known for his reconstructions of turning points in the history of the Roman Empire (the Empire at its height in the "Claudius novels," and at its fall in Count Belisarius), of Christianity (King Jesus), of the Republican interlude in seventeenth century England (Wife to Mr Milton). As the filter of the narration in these texts is always a …

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