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Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
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Presents the classical epic of the Napoleonic Wars and their effects on four Russian families
Language: en
Pages: 1456
Pages: 1456
Presents the classical epic of the Napoleonic Wars and their effects on four Russian families
Language: en
Pages: 1632
Pages: 1632
Widely regarded as the greatest novel in any language, War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families--particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys, and the Rostovs--the members of which are portrayed against a vivid background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon (1805-14). The theme
Language: en
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Language: en
Pages: 662
Pages: 662
Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), was a Russian writer widely regarded as among the greatest of novelists for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. War and Peace's vast canvas includes 580 characters, many historical, others fictional. The story moves from family life to the headquarters
Language: en
Pages: 502
Pages: 502
Language: en
Pages: 480
Pages: 480
How and why war and peace occur cannot be understood without realizing that those who make war and peace must negotiate a complex world political map of sovereign spaces, borders, networks, and scales. This book takes advantage of a diversity of perspectives as it analyzes the political processes of war
Language: en
Pages: 72
Pages: 72
This is a story about a family of a single mother who had to raise her two boys in the time of war. They shared their fortunes and suffers as an united force of love, yet facing temptations of power and threat of survival with bravery. This tale illustrate mostly
Language: en
Pages: 440
Pages: 440
Introducing students to the scientific study of peace and war, Conflict, War, and Peace: An Introduction to Scientific Research, edited by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and John A. Vasquez, provides an overview of current scholarship in this dynamic area of study. Focusing on the factors that shape relationships between countries and
Language: en
Pages: 118
Pages: 118
One of the longest novels in Western literature, Tolstoy's War and Peace intertwines its epic account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia with the tale of three aristocratic families. Painted on a vast canvas of locations, characters and experiences, Helen Edmundson's stirring adaptation is an intricate saga of families, love and
Language: en
Pages: 211
Pages: 211
The Overcoming of History in “War and Peace” marks a radical departure from the critical tradition dominated by Sir Isaiah Berlin's view that the novel is deeply divided against itself, a majestically flawed contest of brilliant art and clumsy thought. To the contrary, Jeff Love argues that the apparently divided