Publisher's Synopsis
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who is considered to be one of the greatest authors in history. Tolstoy wrote many classics in different genres, such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and The Kingdom of God is Within You, and much of his work was based off of his life experiences in the Crimean War and his spiritual awakening. Boyhood is the second novel in Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical trilogy preceding Childhood and followed by Youth.