War and Peace (Annotated)

War and Peace is a book by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature. It is considered as Tolstoy's finest literary achievement, along with his other major prose work, Anna Karenina (1873–1877).
War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events surrounding the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. Portions of an earlier version of the novel, then known as The Year 1805, were serialized in the magazine The Russian Messenger between 1865 and 1867. The novel was first published in its entirety in 1869.
This book has been formatted for your NOOK, with an active table of contents. The work is also annotated, with additional information about the book and its author, including an overview, crafting of the novel, realism, language, background, characters, plot, reception, adaptations, biographical and bibliographical information.