Book of the Week: Tolstoy: A Russian Life, By Rosamund Bartlett
Thank goodness, in terms of pages at least, Rosamund Bartlett's magnum opus is more Anna Karenina than War and Peace. But it is also, as the subtitle suggests, much more than a biography of Tolstoy – though it is that as well. It is a highly accessible and intelligent account of Russia's history, society and culture from the late 18th to the early 20th-century – the duration, in fact, of Russia's pre-revolutionary literary life.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-the-week-tolstoy-a-russian-life-by-rosamund-bartlett-2149543.html
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