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War and Peace Written By : Leo Tolstoy Narrator : Various Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Length : 9 hours 30 minutes Type : Dramatizations Price : $36.75 Buy Now! A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation features a star cast including Leo McKern, Simon Russell Beale, Emily Mortimer and Nicola Pagett and over two hours of specially composed music.   Leo Tolstoy's epic War and Peace chronicles one of the most turbulent eras in Russian history, encompassing the drama and intensity of life during and after the Napoleonic Wars. This unique, full-cast dramatisation contains over two hours of specially composed music and captures the full atmosphere of Tolstoy's masterpiece. A star cast of thirty-five includes Leo McKern as General Kutuzov, Emily Mortimer as Natasha Rostov, Simon Russell Beale as Pierre Bezuhov, Jonathan Firth as Nikolai Rostov, Nicola Pagett as Nathalie Rostov and Amanda Redman as Helens Kuragin. This recording also features extra behind-the-scenes material: episode synopses, character listings. The Making of War and Peace and War and Peace Today by former BBC Moscow Correspondent Angus Roxburgh . Tolstoy's insights into human nature and reflections on the concepts of history and war give the novel a breadth and scope that are brought vividly to life in this major Radio 4 Classic Serial which was recorded on location. Other titles you may be interested in King Lear Written By : William Shakespeare Narrator : Full Cast Production Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Length : 2 hours 40 minutes Type : Dramatizations Classic Literature Shakespeare Audio Theater Price : $18.49 Shakespeare's bitter tragedy of loyalty, power and politics. More... Mary Barton Written By : Elizabeth Gaskell Narrator : Full cast Production Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Length : 4 hours 35 minutes Type : Classic Literature Dramatizations Classics Price : $24.49 Gaskell's powerful drama, adapted here for Woman's Hour, is regarded as one of the most important novels of its time... More... Dr Crippen Written By : Not Known Narrator : Full Cast Production Published By : True Crime Audio Length : 34 minutes Type : Dramatizations True Crime Social & Economic Price : $1.00 Traces the events leading up to and after one of Edwardian London's most publicized crimes More... Theatre Royale: Private Rooms Written By : J.B.Priestley Narrator : Ralph Richardson Published By : Heritage Media Ltd Length : 25 minutes Type : Dramatizations Classic Literature Audio Theater Old Time Radio Classics Price : $5.25 Theatre Royal: In this episode from the series, Ralph Richardson stars in a fully dramatised adaptation of the famous Private Rooms classic by J.B.Priestley... More... Canterbury Tales - Volume I, The Written By : Geoffrey Chaucer Narrator : Full Cast Production Published By : Select Music & Distribution Length : 3 hours 20 minutes Type : Poetry Classic Literature Dramatizations Classics Short Stories Price : $15.49 Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life. More...