War and peace
By: Leo Tolstoy ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.
Contributors: Pevear, Richard, 1943-; Volokhonsky, Larissa.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1273
ISBN-13: 9780307266934
Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia -- Fiction; Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Work titles: Voĭna i mir.
Description: "War and Peace centers broadly on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the best-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count, who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves behind his family to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman, who intrigues both men. As Napoleon's army invades, Tolstoy vividly follows characters from diverse backgrounds - peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers - as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving - and human - figures in world literature."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.