War and Peace (Tolstoy - Oxford Revised ed.)

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Translator: Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude

ISBN: 9780199232765

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

Published to coincide with the centenary of Tolstoy's death, here is an exciting new edition of one of the great literary works of world literature. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece captures with unprecedented immediacy the broad sweep of life during the Napoleonic wars and the brutal invasion of Russia. Balls and soirées, the burning of Moscow, the intrigues of statesmen and generals, scenes of violent battles, the quiet moments of everyday life -- all in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never been surpassed.