![]() ![]() Read more Books of the Year: The best biography and memoirs of 2015.But whatever War and Peace is, it him “five years of ceaseless and exclusive labour”, as he researched countless countless documents and journeyed to many battlefields to stand in the footsteps of his fictional and factual heroes. The book’s scope is so broad that Tolstoy felt it couldn’t be pigeonholed – “it is not a novel, still less an epic poem, still less a historical chronicle”, he said. Running to well over 1,000 pages, War and Peace tells the Slavic story of the Napoleonic era, from the summer of 1805 and moving onto the French army’s disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 and beyond. ![]() So, why is this groaningly epic novel such an important book? Announced in 2013, Writer Andrew Davies and director Tom Harper’s six-part version of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel promises “a thrilling, funny and heart-breaking story of love, war and family life”. But you can bet on a flurry or two at 9pm next Sunday when the first episode of BBC1’s new adaptation of War and Peace hits our screens. So far, this winter has been short on snow. ![]()
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