War and peace

Tolstoy’s enthralling epic is the story of those caught up in russia’s war with napoleón. War and Peace contains some of the most vital and involving characters ¡n literatu re, as it follows the rise and fall of families in St Petersburg and Moscow who are all linked by their personal and political relationships. The heroes are the thoughtful yet impulsivo Pierre Bezukhov, his ambitious friend Prince An^rei, and the woman who becomes indispensable to both of them, the enchanting and unforgettable Natasha Rostov. 'It ¡s simply the greatest novel ever written. All human life ¡s in it. If I were told there was time to read only a single book, this would be it' Andrew Marr. 'The sense of actually being in the skin of these people is phenomenally, brilliantly rendered by this new translation. Simón Schama