War and Peace president a man striving to find

a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself

The end of days is near

The scale and grandeur of Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor

and colorful leather binding

” one person’s pleasure may be another person’s pain

War and Peace president a man striving to findAt a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleons army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey, and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon himself. In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand