WAR AND PEACE is more than "the world's greatest novel." It is an emotional experience that remains with you the rest of your life. Here, in a new kind of book, is a fascinating presentation of Tolstoy's masterpiece. Drawing from both the novel and the motion picture, it provides a vivid, fast-paced story that is not only exciting in itself but cannot fail to increase your enjoyment of both the novel and the film.

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, with adaptations in film, radio, theatre, opera, and rock music. As a work of 1869 historical fiction, War and Peace showcases a Russia before, during, and after the invasion by Napoleon. Moreover, Tolstoy writes of the glory of epic struggle, the horror of man-to-man combat, and the loveliness of peace. This Bright Notes Study Guide...

"At a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon?s 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 themes--conflict...

Throughout the turbulent period of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the fortunes and futures of the prominent Bolkonsky, Rostov, Bezukhov, Kuragin, and Drubetskoy families are affected by their allegiances and alliances. Intertwining a historical account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia with the fictional lives of several prominent families, War and Peace tells the story of some of the most famous characters in literary history, including Natasha Rostova,...

Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the film centers around disenchanted aristocrat and unhappily married Pierre and Prince Andrei, who both are in love with an innocent young woman, Natasha.

A modern take on one of the most famous stories of all time. In 1805 when we first meet Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, they are all part of St. Petersburg's glittering elite, but are fired up with youthful ambition to find meaning in their lives. As everything they thought they knew is questioned, Pierre, Andrei and Natasha find themselves in a time when Russian society is about to change forever.