War and Peace

War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy | Translated by Anthony Briggs

Format: Paperback
Pages: 1399
Date of Release: January 1 1869

Literary awards : Audie Award for Literary Fiction & Classics and Nominee for Best Female Narrator (2023)

Set against the sweeping backdrop of Napoleonic Russia, War and Peace is one of the greatest novels ever written. Beginning at a glittering society gathering in St Petersburg in 1805, the story unfolds as Napoleon’s advancing army plunges Russia into turmoil. Through the intertwined lives of idealistic Pierre Bezukhov, ambitious Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, and spirited Natasha Rostova, Tolstoy creates an unforgettable portrait of human struggle, love, ambition, and resilience.

Blending intimate personal stories with vast historical events, the novel explores timeless themes of war and peace, fate and free will, love and loss, birth and death. Tolstoy brings together aristocrats and peasants, soldiers and statesmen, weaving private lives with epic battles and political upheaval to capture the soul of nineteenth-century Russia in all its complexity.

Anthony Briggs’s acclaimed translation offers clear, accessible prose while remaining faithful to Tolstoy’s original vision. This edition is enriched with an insightful afterword by historian Orlando Figes, along with detailed notes, character lists, appendices, and maps—making it ideal for both first-time readers and those revisiting this monumental classic.

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