War and Peace

The novel “War and Peace”, one of the greatest works of Russian and world literature, was created by L.N. Tolstoy for six years, he corresponded eight times, and individual episodes - more than twenty times. Researchers have fifteen versions of the just beginning of the novel. This book used the second edition of War and Peace (1873), the most complete and convenient for reading, since Tolstoy translated the entire French text of the novel into Russian.
The book is equipped with a large number of illustrations showing prototypes of the main characters, historical characters, as well as the Chronicle of Napoleon"s invasion of Russia.
The book provides detailed comments on illustrations. From these comments you can learn many interesting and unexpected details about the historical canvas of the novel “War and Peace”