Dr Claudius - A True Story Author:Marion Crawford Doctor Claudius lives a life of solitude and reflection in Germany. He is both a philosopher and a mathematician, and is content in his ways until his only relative dies in New York, changing everything. His deceased uncle leaves him an enormous fortune of a million and a half dollars, enabling Claudius to adopt a different way of life. When Mr.... more » Barker, a friend of Claudius's uncle, arrives in Germany, he introduces Claudius to a host of other characters. Claudius meets the widowed Countess Margaret and her companion Miss Skeat. Margaret is impressed by Claudius's philosophical nature and ideas about love. A friendship, and possibly a romance, develops between them over conversation and reading. When Barker's friend the Duke invites Margaret to go to America with him, she is delighted to hear that Claudius will be coming along as well, and the group sets off on an extraordinary journey.« less