Cossacks (Everyman's Library Classics) by Tolstoi, Leo - 1994

Hardback. Very Good.

London, United Kingdom: Everymans Library, 1994. New. A brand New, Shrink wrapped copy of Leo Tolstoy's 'The Cossacks' From the Everyan's Library:Photos are of one of the four that are for sale, not stock photos If you wish to purchase and would like a photo of the book you will be sent, I will happily provide themA brilliant short novel based on Tolstoy's early life as a soldier in the Caucusus, THE COSSACKS has all the energy and poetry of youth while at the same time foreshadowing the great themes of Tolstoy's later years A young officer finds himself living among tribesmen on the borders of southern Russia In depicting his experience, Tolstoy explores the birth and death of love, the transience of life, the love of honour and the pain of war, all portrayed amidst the wild and magnificent landscape of the mountains and described in exquisite detail