Set in the Russian city of St. Petersburg in 1805, War and Peace is set in the era of Napoleon’s conquest of Western Europe.
The novel’s characters are introduced at a party, including socially awkward Pierre Bezukhov, ambitious Andrew Bolkonski, as well as the Rostovs – a notable Moscow family.
Napoleon
The Russian troops are mobilised in alliance with the Austrian empire, which is currently resisting Napoleon’s onslaught. Nicholas Rostov joins Andrew in heading to the front, where Andrew is wounded and long presumed dead at the Battle of Austerlitz, though he survives.
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