War and peace

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If life could write, it would write like Tolstoy.' Isaac BabelTolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is played out in parallel with their lives. Balls and soir--eacute--;es alternate with councils of war and the machinations of statesmen and gen…

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Full title :War and peace.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):OUP Oxford
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (1391 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191612541, 0191612545, 1283296748, 9781283296748
oclc:ocn756484797
LC Classification:PG3366
Dewey Decimal:891.733

Introduction; Note on the Text and Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Leo Tolstoy; Principal Characters and Guide to Pronunciation; Historical Characters in War and Peace; Dates of Principal Events; Maps; WAR AND PEACE; Appendix: 'Some Words about War and Peace'; Explanatory Notes.

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Fiction Fictional Work Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815 -- Ro… History Military campaigns Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction. … Novels Romance fiction Romans Russia Russia -- Fiction. -- History -- Alexan… Russie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. -- Hi… War fiction