num_pages: 10
description: 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
title: War And Peace
titlecomplete: War And Peace
characters: Pierre Bezukhov, Nikolai Bolkonsky, Osip Basdeev, Adolf Berg, Anatole Kuragin, Mademoiselle Bourienne, Helene Kuragina, Mikhail Kutuzov, Vera Rostova, Natasha Rostova, Prince Andrey Bokonsky, Maria Bolkonskaya, Sonya Rostova, Ilya Rostov, Anna Drubetskaya, Petya Rostov, Boris Drubetskoy, Vasili Denisov, Lise Bolkonskaya, Nikolai Rostov, Anna Scherer, Fedja Dolochov, Platon Karataev
genres: Russia, Literature, Fiction, Russian Literature, Historical Fiction, War, 19th Century, Historical, Novels, Classics
ratings_count: 318306
places: Russia, St. Petersburg, Moscow
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Literary Fiction & Classics and Nominee for Best Female Narrator
publisher: BBC Physical Audio