The ten best historical novels...ever?

One title on the Telegraph's list of the ten best historical novels:War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy's epic masterpiece, published in 1869, is a story of family life set against the backdrop of war, as Napoleon's armies sweep through Europe. Seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families, the novel culminates in the French invasion of Russia in 1812 and Napoleon's defeat. It is