NEW TRANSLATION

A Deluxe Fully Annotated Edition (2,000 notes)

Russia, 1805. The world is at war, and the lives of men and women of all ranks of society are caught in a swirl of danger, uncertainty and tragedy. Among the people whose destiny hinges on the events of their time and the fortunes of their country are the young misfit Pierre Bezukhov, the world-weary officer Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova, a pretty, impetuous and romantically inclined adolescent. Against a backdrop of soirées, balls, marches and battles, family gatherings and councils of war, Leo Tolstoy weaves a tapestry of epic proportions in which a vast array of characters grapple with the fundamental questions of love, birth and death, money,
status, fate, free will and providence.

Stephen Pimenoff’s vigorous new translation remains faithful to the original and brings all of Tolstoy’s wit and stylistic panache to life, capturing the nuanced, turbulent atmosphere of early-nineteenth-century Russian high society.

Contains a preface and translator’s note, an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes.