What if the most powerful story behind Leo Tolstoy's genius was never his own?

Sophia Tolstaya: More Than a Wife is a sweeping, emotionally charged historical novel that finally gives voice to the woman history tried to forget.

Known only as "Tolstoy's wife," Sophia was so much more: a gifted writer, editor, mother of thirteen, the silent co-architect of War and Peace - and a woman torn between devotion and identity, brilliance and sacrifice.

Based on Sophia's own diaries, letters, and documents, this richly detailed novel paints an unforgettable portrait of a complex and passionate woman who fought to preserve her soul, her art, and her truth within the suffocating role of "the great man's wife." From the glittering ballrooms of Moscow to the shadows of Yasnaya Polyana, this is a journey through love, loss, motherhood, and rebellion.