War and Peace

War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon''s war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy''s view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters.

Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy''s philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation is one which received Tolstoy''s approval.

• | Author: Leo Tolstoy, Dr Keith Carabine, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude
• | Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 1993
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781853260629
• | ISBN-10: 1853260622