or regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time leo tolstoy has made a significant imprint on literary history over one hundred years on from the russian novelist death his award winning biography wilson says tolstoy's message is just as valid to stay with us. now first as a biographer what attracted you to tolstoy. he's a giant he was the great giant of the novelistic form greater even than dostoyevsky who i suppose of the two great dr so that was what attracted me to him and the fact that ever since really become a serious reader in my teens it was his novels i regarded as the greatest tell stories books i'm thinking specifically of war and peace consistently taught these lists of the best book ever do you agree with these kinds of ranking you can't really compare war and peace with any other novel he himself said it wasn't a novel and it isn't really a novel it's a book about everything it focuses yes all the years you know five campaign culminating in the battle of our salutes and then the invasion of eight hundred twelve but the further it is on you realize that it's a no

stay awake and guard his prisoners, roosevelt reads the recently published english translation of leo tolstoy'siece "anna karenina." when finished with the classic, he asked finnigan if he has a book, and surprisingly he does. finnigan's book is a dime novel about jesse james. nevertheless, roosevelt borrows the book, and for 3 harrowing and exhausting days, either walks or reads as he heads his captives to dickinson and justice. turning his prisoners over to the sheriff, the wealthy new yorker proudly accepts $50 for his law enforcement efforts, and then looks for a doctor to treat his badly bruised feet. dr. victor stickney later wrote: (man, as dr. stickney) "he was all teeth and eyes, but even so, he seemed a man unusually wide awake. you could see he was thrilled by the adventures he'd been through. he did not seem to think he'd done anything particularly commendable. but he was, in his own phrase, 'pleased as punch,' at the idea of having participated in a real adventure." (snare drum & piano play) ♪ ♪ (narrator) on the 4th of july, 1886, stickney invited roosevelt to be the speaker at di

leo tolstoy has made a significant. history one hundred years. his award winning biography. just as valid as it was. the seventh of november two thousand and ten is the hundredth anniversary of player tolstoy's death and to mark that out of our story i'm talking to one of his biographers a n. wilson he wanted award in one thousand nine hundred eight for a biography of tolstoy and wilson thank you very much for talking to r.t. now first as a biographer what attracted you to tolstoy here's a giant he was the great giant of the novelistic form greater even than dostoyevsky who i suppose of the two great try and so that's what attracted me to him under the us and so to really become a serious reader in my teens it was his novels are so regarded as the greatest tell stories books i'm thinking specifically of war and peace consistently tops these lists of the best book ever do you agree with these kinds of rankings you can't really compare war and peace with any other novel. himself so it wasn't a novel and it isn't really a novel it's a book about everything. yes all the years yo

regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time leo tolstoy has made a significant imprint on literary history over one hundred years on from the russian novel his death he's award winning biographer and wilson says tolstoy's message is just as valid now as it was back there. the seventh of november two thousand and ten is the hundredth anniversary of layo tolstoy's death and tomorrow but out of a tree i'm talking to one of his biographers a and wilson he wanted awards in one thousand nine hundred eight for a biography of tolstoy and wilson thank you very much for talking to r.c. now first as a biographer what attracted you to tolstoy. here's the giant he was the great giant of the novelistic form greater even than dostoyevsky who i suppose the great so that's what attracted me to him and the fact that ever since so it's really become a serious reader in my teens it was his novels i regarded as the greatest tell stories books i'm thinking specifically of war and peace consistently tops the list of the best book ever do you agree with these kinds of ranking. you can't really compare war

headlines in just a few moments just now though regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time leo tolstoy has made a significant imprint on literary history over one hundred years on from the russian novelist his award winning biographer. message is just as valid. as a biography what attracted you to tolstoy. he was the great giant of the novelistic form great. to great so that was for. him. a serious reason and it was his. greatest tell stories books i'm thinking specifically of war. talk. of the best book do you agree with. you can't really compare war and peace with any other novel. himself so it wasn't a novel and it isn't really a novel. it's a book about everything it focuses yes all the years you know five campaign culminating in the battle of our salutes and then the invasion of eight hundred twelve but the further it is on you realize that it's a novel about the whole of russia and also it's a novel about personal regeneration tolstoy with as much effort lost the fact as writes out what do you thinking compass is his philosophy in life if you think of that really quite early work

when in just ten minutes from now we'll be talking to leo tolstoy biographer to find out whether the russian classic author's work is still valid today but first it's time for all the latest business news with sharon at that's after a short break stay with us here in moscow hungry for the full story we've got it for us has the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. line. would be so which brightened if you knew more about someone from finest impressions. these stunts on t.v. dot com. hello welcome to our business program. the food and agricultural organization has warned that the world is facing a food price shock this comes after f.a.o. benchmark index of agricultural commodity prices shot up to a nominal record last month surpassing the levels of the two thousand and seven two thousand and eight food prices the surge in the food index is based on rising costs for corn sugar vegetable oil and meat the situation has been made worse by inflation and increasing economic challenge in developing countries including those of china and india however the f.a.

but over a hundred years since the death of russia's best loved novelist leo tolstoy an r.t. spoke to his of ward winning biographer and wilson about why the writer's legacy is so important. and stood up against this extremely powerful regime and told the truth in a world of love and this was a fantastic example for russia. terrible years which followed his death the tradition of tolstoy lived and it's enabled the dissidents when the courageously began to emerge and stand in this times to look at his example and see that there's only one voice telling the truth. and you can watch that interview in full here in r.t.e. in fifteen minutes time. and from healing and protection to marriages and good harvest in ancient times shamans were in charge of almost all aspects of life and russia's far east they are still very important to native people but there are only a few left artesian thomas went to see how they adapt to modern times and keep old traditions alive. from the ceremonial rhythm of the drama. to ancient rituals and traditions. the belief in the power of the shaman is very