War and Peace

Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky, acclaimed & award-winning translators of many works of Russian literature, from Anna Karenina to The Brothers Karamazov, now turn their attention to Tolstoy's epic masterpiece. The novel follows the intertwining fortunes of three people during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count, who is searching for his place in the world; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves everything behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young woman who fascinates them both. 1296p.