Why it endured
The most ambitious novel ever written — tracing five aristocratic families through Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia. Tolstoy's argument that history is not made by great men but by millions of small individual choices. A complete portrait of life in all its complexity.
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Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft
“War and Peace taught me more about the complexity of history and human motivation than any nonfiction I've read.”
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Jordan B. PetersonPsychologist & author
“Tolstoy's portrayal of the intersection of individual lives and historical forces in War and Peace is unparalleled.”
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