"...not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle' - Leo Tolstoy Striking a balance between philosophical discussion and compelling story-telling, War and Peace transcends the restrictions that Tolstoy perceived in the conventional novel. Set in Russia during the Napoleonic era, this epic novel follows the fortunes of five aristocratic Russian families over the course of the French invasion. Tolstoy's timeless portrayal...

Presents a revised and expanded edition of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel of love and loss set against the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century and includes twenty critical essays and selections from Tolstoy's letters and diaries