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War and peace, Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Anthony Briggs ; with an afterword by Orlando Figes

eng

Includes bibliographical references, chronology, and cast of characters

maps

no index present

1130L, Lexile

novels

War and peace

bibliography

928780435

Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Anthony Briggs ; 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 his novel, Tolstoy entwines grand themes -- conflict and love, birth and death, free will and fate -- with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and grandeur