War and Peace

<p>War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.</p><p>As Napoleon's army invades Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds - peasants and nobility civilians and soldiers - as they struggle with the problems unique to their era their history and their culture. </p><p>And as the novel progresses these characters transcend their specificity becoming some of the most moving - and human - figures in world literature.</p>