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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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Description for War and Peace
Hardback. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 1440 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 206 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1214.
This beautiful Penguin Classics clothbound edition of Tolstoy's great novel is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs, and with an afterword by Orlando Figes. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants to soldiers and Napoleon himself. In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand ... Read more
This beautiful Penguin Classics clothbound edition of Tolstoy's great novel is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs, and with an afterword by Orlando Figes. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants to soldiers and Napoleon himself. In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Penguin Clothbound Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1440
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241265543
SKU
9780241265543
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-12
About Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Tula province. He studied at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until 1851 when he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus. He established his reputation as a writer with The Sebastopol Sketches (1855-6). After a period in St Petersburg and abroad, he married, had thirteen children, managed ... Read more
Reviews for War and Peace
War and Peace is like no other novel ... Tolstoy writes of both war and peace more marvellously than anyone else has done
John Bayley
The Sunday Times
A masterpiece ... this new translation is excellent
Antony Beevor
John Bayley
The Sunday Times
A masterpiece ... this new translation is excellent
Antony Beevor