War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

A new version the one Tolstoy originally intended, but has been hitherto unpublished of Russias most famous novel; with a different ending, fewer digressions and an altered view of Napoleon its time to look afresh at one of the worlds favourite books.

‘The greatest of all novelists – for what else can we call the author of “War and Peace”?’ Virginia Woolf

‘The pure narrative power of Tolstoy's work is unequalledTo read him is to find one's way home, to everything within us that is fundamental and sane.’ Thomas Mann

‘What an artist and what a psychologist! It seems to me there are some passages worthy of Shakespeare. I found myself crying out in admiration while reading.’ Gustave Flaubert

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in Tula, near Moscow. His parents, who both died when he was young, belonged to the Russian nobility, and to the end of his life Tolstoy remained conscious of his aristocratic status. His novels, ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ are literary classics and he is revered as one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. He died in 1910 at the age of 82.

Andrew Bromfield was born in Yorkshire and lives in Surrey, having spent several long periods living in Moscow, where he cofounded and edited ‘Glas’. He is best known for his English translations of the work of Victor Pelevin and Boris Akunin.

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ISBN 13	9780007148387
ISBN 10	0007148380
Title	War and Peace
Author	Leo Tolstoy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2007-04-02
Number of pages	1024
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