• MxM111
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    7 months ago

    If I recall correctly, War and Peace starts from peace, and only later the war with Napoleon starts.

    • andrew_bidlaw
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      The most iconic scene with Andrew Bolkonsky getting a concussion under the skies of Austerlitz happens in the first book out of four. It does start with civil ramblings, but war too starts early on.