War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs (Translator)

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs (Translator)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 for ever. 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 (1863 9), Tolstoy entwines grand

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