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  • Published: 26 February 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141959801
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 1

War and Peace




The acclaimed translation of Tolstoy's great novel, now in ebook

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 (1868-9), 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.

  • Published: 26 February 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141959801
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 1

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About the author

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work, the autobiographical Childhood. He served in the army during the Crimean War and his Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 1910.

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Praise for War and Peace

A masterpiece ... this new translation is excellent

Antony Beevor

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