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  • Published: 1 May 2006
  • ISBN: 9781405629126
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 9 hr 33 min
  • Narrators: Simon Russell Beale, Leo McKern, Nicola Pagett

War and Peace




Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's epic full-cast dramatisation.

A thirty-five strong cast including Leo McKern as Kutuzov, Simon Russell Beale as Pierre Bezuhov, Emily Mortimer as Natasha Rostov and Gerard Murphy as Andrei Bolkonsky, brings all the passion and turbulence of Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece to the airwaves in this unique BBC Radio 4 dramatisation. 'Nine hours of blood-and-thunder period drama on a single disc has to be the best bargain around' - Guardian ‘Excellent special effects and a haunting theme tune make it compulsive listening.’ - Independent

  • Published: 1 May 2006
  • ISBN: 9781405629126
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 9 hr 33 min
  • Narrators: Simon Russell Beale, Leo McKern, Nicola Pagett

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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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