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War and peace the unabridged maude translation is formatted for your ereader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Publication date 1952 topics generalities, general reference works encyclopaedias. I frequently needed to take breaks from the story to either process or read something completely different. Theres more to tolstoy than war and peace books the. While the novel expresses tolstoys response to contemporary issues of the 1860s, it takes place in the napoleonic era, beginning in 1805, culminating with napoleons flight from moscow in the autumn of 1812, and concluding in 1820. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. War and peace by leo tolstoy read free book online. Buy war and peace pdf by leo tolstoy ebook online at lulu. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature. Download leo tolstoys war and peace for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile.
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