Robert Ranke Graves (1895-1985) was a British poet, novelist, and critic. He is best known for the historical novel I, Claudius and the critical study of myth and poetry The White Goddess.
A remarkable book ... Essential reading for the centenary of the first world war—Guardian One of the most candid self-portraits of a poet, warts and all, ever painted—The Times Literary Supplement We see the dark heart of the book even more clearly, and hear it beating even more loudly, in this original edition than we do in the comparatively careful and considered terms of the later one—Andrew Motion