Robert F. Kennedy was my hero when I was 13 and he still is to this day . I read this book when I was in middle school it was in the library at school RFK is more my hero because i feel i identify with him

I loved this book as a child, although it was rather young for me at the time I got it. I loved it because it was an excellent introduction to Senator Robert Kennedy.

The book is beautifully illustrated with very realistic looking drawings. The drawings of the Senator as a boy makes him a child other children can relate to. One can laugh with the little Bobby, watching his friend making a crash landing with a homemade parachute. (Luckily HE didn't try this stunt! Good thing he used a stunt man for this one)! One can cheer for the grown man, the Senator who reached the top of a Canadian mountain in 1965 after a lifetime of acrophobia.

The last part, covering the Senator's assassination is handled delicately, since the book targets a young audience. I enjoyed it as a child. It is not a comprehensive book, but a good introduction to Robert Kennedy is really all it is. It's just a nice little starter book.

Having listened to two of his other works (I Claudius and Claudius the God); then this title in question, i.e., The Anger Of Achilles: Homer's Iliad by Robert Graves was given. What Graves has been able to do here is to make Illiad into its orginal form which was meant to amuse the reader and was filled with satire and biting remarks and not as dark and dank as the modern scholarly version. Graves was a genius when it came to to telling a vivid and amsuing story and this is very apparent in this version. Highly Recommended.

This novel, like its antecedent I, Claudius, will mesmerize those who love classical history, although casual readers may find it tedious. The two works together form a fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor Claudius, who - at least in this literary incarnation - is both an astute observer of first century Roman political society and an extraordinary character in his own right. Born into the Roman imperial family but repelled by the violence and treachery surrounding it, Claudius retreats from power for much of his adult life. He buries himself in obscure academic pursuits and hides, for what he believes to be his own safety, behind array of weird physical disabilities. When his nephew, the mad emperor Caligula, meets his just reward, the middle-aged Claudius is literally dragged against his will onto the Imperial throne. I, Claudius ends with this bizarre scene and Claudius the God takes up from there with the improbable emperor's own account of his reign up to point of his death. Much to everyone's surprise, Claudius emerges into the public eye as an energetic, able and just ruler. And while the great pride he takes in his enterprise is evident, both the style of his rule and the tone of his narrative is characterized by a wry and self-deprecating humor. Much of the book consists of a detailed recounting of the administrative, judicial and military minutia in which Claudius immersed himself. However, there is a deeper theme at work too, which is the inevitability that innocence in a corrupt world will be betrayed. Claudius's closest friend for much of his life is Herod Agrippa, the grandson of the biblical Herod the Great. Herod Agrippa is a charming rogue and schemer who, while genuinely fond of Claudius, teases him mercilessly for being a fool and warns him, as it turns out in all seriousness, to "trust no one". The irony in the admonition is apparent when Herod himself betrays Claudius, plotting militarily against him and almost succeeding. This is only a side story, however. The thematic climax of the book occurs when it comes to light that Claudius's beautiful wife Messalina, whom he adores with the intense innocence of a teenager in love, has been using him all along for the fool, taking lovers and mocking Claudius behind his back. He finally discovers the truth when she is found to be conspiring with one of these paramours to seize the throne. She is executed for her treachery, but Claudius's spirit dies with her. He re-marries, but to a woman he cares nothing about and who, with his knowledge and acquiescence - for his death has been foretold by augury - begins amassing power on her own and conspiring to make way for her own son by a previous marriage. This son is later to enter history as the decadent fiddler Nero. The book closes with actual historical accounts by Tacitus and Dio Cassius of the real-life emperor's death at the hands of his ambitious wife, who poisons him. The last pages give us the final degradation, a bitterly satirical account Seneca, depicting Claudius - in death, once again the fool - trying to enter Olympus as the deified emperor but being banished mockingly to Hades by the other gods. The book is cynical and deeply sad. It's beautifully written and I recommend it, although it won't be to everyone's taste.

I had the particular fortune of reading this collection of Robert Graves' short stories after finishing his acclaimed autobiography, "Goodbye to All That;" together they form a compelling portrait of one of the most influential writers of the past century. In every biographical sketch of Graves his autobiography is given equal mention as his poetry and his best-known works like "I, Claudius" and I now understand the reason: his life's story is just as entertaining and informative as any of his fiction. Thus, to read this volume of stories as autobiography is to explore the life of Robert Graves. Thematically, the stories are divided into three sections - English Stories, Roman Stories, Majorcan Stories - each serves a different function. The "English Stories" comprise memories from Graves' youth spent at boarding school, witty scenes from social engagements such as one might come across in the works of Evelyn Waugh, and even a supernatual dream-tale told by an inmate at an insane asylum. The stories are also poignant, for they remind us of what Graves witnessed in the Great War, a memorial of his son who was killed in the Second, and ultimately they are scenes from a world and a life which Robert Graves left behind when he said "goodbye" to England in 1929. The "Roman Stories" are a treat to those who have read his two "Claudius" novels or his other historical fiction; they are ancient cultures for modern sensibilities. And the "Majorcan Stories" are leisurely tales to be spun after dinner on a warm Mediterranean evening - they are the stories of Graves' new life, stories of bicycle thieves, doomed Majorcan nobles, an errant Broadway producer and, improbably, the story of how Ava Gardner saved a furniture factory. The reader cannot help but get the sense that Robert Graves if speaking directly to us, telling us his own story without judgment or reservation. And perhaps most importantly, we are being entertained.

I'd give this ten out of five if I could. I know that"essential reading" is a much overused phrase, but anyone interested in poetry should read this. Graves was his own "Movement" and his own "School". No one wrote poetry like he did, and no one wrote and thought about poetry quite the same way either. In the essays collected here he could be wilful, pig-headed and cantankerous. He is never less than thought provoking and often very funny. At times his insistance that the Poet MUST be this or MUST do that can grate... (Like Eliot and many others when he's talking about "The Poet" he's talking about himself) but even when you're disagreeing with him most violently or feel the need to say "Stop, wait, that can't be right" ... what he says is worth thinking about. Although his knowledge of his subject was as profound as any scholars, he insisted on filtering that knowledge through his personal experience as practising poet. And that's what makes this so fascinating and so valuable. He doesn't pretend to to be objective. But he stands by his own standards, which he makes explicit, and applies them ruthlessly. If you write poetry, there's a lot to learn here about writing. (Graves was one of the great revisers and on several occasions he walks his audience through the process). If you teach poetry, there's a lot to think about. "Legitimate criticism of poetry" is worth the price of admission. And if you are interested in the problems of translating poetry his flattening of Pound and his defence of his own translation of the Rubaiyyat (Which was hammered by the critics If memory serves)are both worth reading.
If you are the type of modern reader who gets indignant with a writer who does not say what you think they should, don't bother. Graves never said what people wanted to hear, only what he felt he had to say.

I read this book several years ago. It remains as a benchmark of what an historical novel (or for that matter any book) should be. In the end, I was in awe of the hero but very sorry to have the book finished. I strung out ending it for days, reading only a few pages a day when the end was in sight. Graves wrote about a now somewhat obscure historical figure with such immediacy, such vivid yet restrained force, that for me Belisarius will always be a powerful and inspiring example of courage and genius, tempered and fueled by wisdom and a simple faith. Count Belisarius is one of those books that I hope each new book I pick up will become: a gripping story, an inspiration and a book to go back to if I ever feel like there is nothing new I feel like reading. (I am a slow reader, so I have to choose carefully.) Count Belisarius was one of those kinds of books for me.

A must for students of golf course architecture. A remarkable book.

Geoff Shackelford

What a privilege to be the first to write a recommendation for The Gospel According to Angels by Robert W. Graves! This book is easy to read and nicely arranged for reference use. It explains in simple terms that angels are wonderful, necessary messengers and not icons who would take the place of God. And, it sets out the angels' message by tying it into the Apostles' Creed. The Gospel According to Angels is interesting enough for an unreligious person or a "baby Christian" to read and understand, and has much to teach the Christian who wants to dig deeper. It is one of those books you will go back to often and each time you will get a new insight. I can only assume that many people who read and appreciate this book are like me - telling people about this superb book and giving it as a gift; not realizing that no one had written a review for this website, because I have not used the internet to purchase books. Frankly, it is a non-intimidating gift - the price is less than $10, and it is a paperback; but, definitely worth its weight in gold for content.

Unfortunately, I don't know Spanish. And so--much to my dashed hopes!--it appears that the Graves/Ali Shah English-language Rubaiyyat still remains out of print. That excellent volume was offered as a corrective to the unconscionable textual liberties and sins of omitted scholarship perpetrated (they persuasively argued) by that all-too-famous charmer, Edward FitzGerald. Mr. Ali Shah provided scholarly support for Graves' spare, blank-verse renderings. (At the time of this review, this book was listed simply as The Rubaiyyat, not La Cancion de Saki. The Graves/Ali Shah Rubaiyyat is typically available through used book sites such as Alibris.)

por favor , necesito conocer de que se trata el libro . me interesa mucho pues se que influenció mucho en Leonora carrington, a quien admiro profundemnete. Si pueden enviarme el texto se los agradeceré inmensamente. GRACIAS