Historical novel by Robert Graves (1,8)
I believe the answer is:
i claudius
'historical novel by robert graves' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for i claudius that I've seen before include "Drama" , "Historical novel by Robert Graves" , "TV series" , "Graves 7 novel" , "Graves made this" .)