Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work
the autobiographical Childhood . He served in the army during the Crimean War and his
Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces
are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 1910.
