War and Peace With the world more peaceful than ever, it is hard to look at times of war and think that they were handled properly and diligently. Looking at situations of war and peace, it is clear that humans tend to conflict with one…
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by Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Russia
Russian, with some French
Война и миръ
Novel (Historical novel)
Serialised 1865–1867; book 1869
Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostov, Andrei (Andrew) Bolkonsky, Nikolai (Nicholas) Rostov, Count and Countess Rostov, Sonya, Marya (Mary) Bolkonsky, Prince Bolkonsky, Liza (Lise) Bolkonsky, Mademoiselle Bourienne, Helene Kuragin, Anatole and Ippolit Kuragin, Boris Drubetskoy, Anna Mikhailovna Drubetskoy, Julie Karagin, Napoleon, General Kutuzov, General Bagration, Dolokhov and Denisov, Platon Karataev, Osip (Iosif) Alexeevich Bazdeev
The novel's primary historical setting is the French invasion of Russia in 1812, which was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars and a period of patriotic significance to Russia.