War and Peace -- Leo Tolstoy

<b>Antony's Brigg's acclaimed translation of Tolstoy's great Russian epic. <b>Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's <i>The Great American Read</i></b></b> <p/> Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, <i>War and Peace</i>--presented here in the first new English translation in forty years--is often considered the greatest novel ever written. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering; and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes of his characters, he crafts a view of humanity that is both epic and intimate and that continues to define fiction at its most resplendent. <p/> This edition includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries. <p/> <b>Praise for Antony Brigg's translation of <i>War and Peace</i> <br> </b><br> The best translation so far of Tolstoy's masterpiece into English.<br> -Robert A. Maguire, professor emeritus of Russian studies, Columbia University <p/> In Tolstoy's work part of the translator's difficulty lies in conveying not only the simplicity but the subtlety of the book's scale and effect. . . . Briggs has rendered both with a particular exactness and a vigorous precision not to be found, I think, in any previous translation.<br> -John Bayley, author of <i>Elegy for Iris</i>