4. Tolstoy’s experience of the Crimean War inspired War and Peace Tolstoy’s rich, detailed descriptions of military combat in War and Peace are enhanced by his personal experiences.

On 1 January, Radio 4 is broadcasting a ten hour dramatisation of War and Peace, on air, on the Radio 4 website and on Twitter. The ten episodes run through the day, starting at 9 in the morning ...

In this power struggle with the West, the Kremlin has recruited the illustrious "War and Peace" author's great-great-grandson, Vladimir Tolstoy, as a board member for the prize. Leo Tolstoy "was ...

Tolstoy, whose novels included War and Peace and Anna Karenina, was seen as promoting dangerous ideas at the time. His works were banned in Russia because he aimed to improve the lives of workers ...

Her self-denial and courage gave to the world War and Peace and Anna Karénin; and she declares that were it to do over again she would not hesitate a moment. The public owes the count’s wife a ...

Alex McKinstry Members of the Free Age Press lived in Tuckon House and printed Tolstoy's political and ... whose novels included War and Peace and Anna Karenina, was seen as promoting dangerous ...

The lives of three young people change forever as Russia is drawn into war with France in Leo Tolstoy's epic story ... Unfortunately War & Peace isn't available to watch right now.

It is almost at the beginning of the show - at Teatro Argentina - that the cumbersome and egotistical ghost of Napoleon Bonaparte appears: in his time he announced he would revolutionize the whole ...

In his report to the Academy as chairman of its Nobel Committee, he said that while he admired “immortal creations” like War and Peace and Anna Karenina, he could not condone Tolstoy’s ...

about topics ranging from Napoleon Bonaparte to Tolstoy’s critics to the British cult TV show Doctor Who. Then he asks them to turn to the opening of War and Peace. As he begins to read, Morson’s ...