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War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

Novel · #485 of 500

Why here in the reading order: Tolstoy's own epilogue argues directly with Durant's thesis about what history actually teaches and whether anyone truly shapes it — read these two back to back, in either order

Connects to: Military History, World History — Napoleonic Wars; Russian society

On 5 of the 9 source lists: B:BigRead, Bok, G:Best, G:Readers, WorldCat