War and Peace

War and Peace BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

Unabridged

Audio CD (06 Apr 2017)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the stellar cast of this landmark BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Leo Tolstoy's epic saga.

'Tolstoy's imagined world is recreated on air brilliantly by the extraordinary cast' The Spectator

One of the greatest novels of all time, War and Peace explores historical, social, ethical and religious issues on a scale never before attempted in fiction, and reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society during the 19th Century.

Adapted for radio by Timberlake Wertenbaker, this riveting, wide-ranging drama follows the fortunes of four Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Told in flashback over ten episodes, it moves from fashionable society soirées in St Petersburg and Moscow to the battlefields of Austerlitz and Borodino, as protagonists Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai describe to their children the events that shaped their lives and those of every Russian who lived through this turbulent time.

First broadcast on New Year's Day 2015, this dynamic full-cast dramatisation features specially composed music by Stephen Warbeck. It stars Paterson Joseph as Pierre, Phoebe Fox as Natasha, Natasha Little as Marya and Sam Reid as Nikolai, part of a stunning cast including Alun Armstrong, Simon Russell Beale and Roger Allam.

Duration: 10 hours approx.

Book information

ISBN: 9781785294563
Publisher: BBC Audio
Imprint: BBC Physical Audio
Pub date:
Edition: Unabridged
DEWEY: 891.725
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 246g
Height: 144mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 25mm