War and Peace PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2020) the historical epic stunned readers

the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity

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War and Peace PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2020) the historical epic stunned readersWar and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, published serially, then in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as a central work of world literature and one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements. The novel chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. Portions of an earlier version, titled The Year 1805, were serialized in