Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, known in English as Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), was a Russian writer who is considered one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for his epic novels 'War and Peace' (1869) and 'Anna Karenina' (1877), which have been celebrated for their complex characters, moral philosophy, and keen observation of 19th-cen...