War and Peace: Part 5: Volume 5

Tolstoy, Leo

ISBN 10: 0211215279 / ISBN 13: 9780211215271

Editore: Lighthouse Books for Translation and Publishing, 2017

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496 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.17 inches. In Stock.

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• Titolo: War and Peace: Part 5: Volume 5
• Editore: Lighthouse Books for Translation and Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0211215279
• ISBN 13: 9780211215271
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Brand New

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The novel spans the period 1805 to 1820. The era of Catherine the Great was still fresh in the minds of older people. Catherine had made French the language of her royal court. For the next one hundred years, it became a social requirement for members of the Russian nobility to speak French and understand French culture. This historical and cultural context in the aristocracy is reflected in War and Peace. Catherine's grandson, Alexander I, came to the throne in 1801 at the age of 24. In the novel, his mother, Marya Feodorovna, is the most powerful woman in the Russian court.