Find Request It

Cover Image

War and peace

The most famous--and perhaps greatest--novel of all time, Tolstoy's War and Peace tells the story of five families struggling for survival during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
Other Authors:	Frank, Joseph, 1918-2013
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English Russian
Published:	New York : Barnes & Noble, 2006.
Series:	Barnes & Noble classics.
Subjects:	Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Campaigns > Russia > Fiction. Russia > History > Alexander I, 1801-1825 > Fiction. Historical fiction. War stories. War fiction.
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	The most famous--and perhaps greatest--novel of all time, Tolstoy's War and Peace tells the story of five families struggling for survival during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Item Description:	Translation of: Voina i mir.
Physical Description:	xxxvii, 1156 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	1593080735 9781593080730
Author Notes:	Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828 in Russia. He is usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy. He was a Russian author who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Leo Tolstoy is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. Tolstoy had a profound moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870's which he outlined in his work, A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. His ideas of nonviolent resistance which he shared in his works The Kingdom of God is Within You, had a profund impact on figures such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. On September 23, 1862 Tolstoy married Sophia Andreevna Behrs. She was the daughter of a court physician. They had 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life allowed Tolstoy much freedom to compose War and Peace and Anna Karenina with his wife acting as his secretary and proofreader. The Tolstoy family left Russia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent establishment of the Soviet Union. Leo Tolstoy's relatives and descendants moved to Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Tolstoy died of pneumonia at Astapovo train station, after a day's rail journey south on November 20, 1910 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography)