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18 Robert Graves titles coming as eBooks Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:46 PM PDT As one of the great figures of 20th century English poetry and literature, Robert Graves was acknowledged as a master of myth-inspired novels, stories based on literary events and translations of ancient Greek and Roman texts. In a deal brokered by Linda Shaughnessy on behalf of AP Watt at United Agents, and with the assistance of Jonathan Ward, head of the London office for RosettaBooks, and Roger Cooper, Associate Publisher, RosettaBooks published eBook editions of 18 Robert Graves titles, led by I, Claudius and Claudius the God. In a press release announcing the acquisition, William Graves on behalf of the trustees of Robert Graves Copyright Trust said: "We appreciate that RosettaBooks will help make these works more accessible worldwide". In addition to his popular Greek and Roman texts, Graves also wrote some of the most popular works on these same topics for children, including Greek Gods and Heroes and The Siege and Fall of Troy. The RosettaBooks Robert Graves collection includes: Greek and Roman stories I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina Greek Gods and Heroes The Siege and Fall of Troy Count Belisarius Homer's Daughter The Anger of Achilles: Homer's Iliad The Golden Ass Hercules, My Shipmate Scholarly works and non-fiction Lawrence and the Arabs The Twelve Caesars Hebrew Myths Historical novels Proceed, Sergeant Lamb Sergeant Lamb's America King Jesus The Islands of Unwisdom They Hanged My Saintly Billy: The Life and Death of Dr. William Palmer Wife to Mr. Milton In his lifetime, he published more than 140 novels and collections of poetry. In 1934, he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his historical novels dealing with the Roman emperor Claudius. – March 28, 2014. |
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