Leo Tolstoy

About The Author

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1928 in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Province, Russia, into a family of the old nobility. His best-known works include War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Resurrection. During the Revolution of 1905, he came out on the side of the Russian peasantry, but in accordance with his doctrine, he categorically opposed revolutionary violence. He died in 1910.

Books by Leo Tolstoy

Shoemaker Martin
By Leo Tolstoy
Illustrated by Bernadette Watts
A Christmastime story written by Leo Tolstoy and illustrated by the legendary European artist Bernadette Watts.
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