![]() Because Tolstoy remains impartial for most of the book, save the epilogue, we’re left to make our own histories from the experiences of the characters. Everyone has flaws, has redeeming qualities, and can be pitied. Everyone in this book is depicted as a human being, and not as a ‘great figure’. There isn’t any one villain, even Napoleon who is depicted as either a devil or a saint depending on the historian’s view of conquering or liberating Europe is depicted as a human. ![]() His solution was to develop a series of interweaving first person accounts in an effort to recreate what it must’ve been like for the soldiers as well as the leaders during a time of great turmoil in Europe. Tolstoy makes a lot of critiques on how we interpret human history: so many interpretations are nationalistic, have agendas and glorify certain figures as ‘great men’. I finished Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ today after having listened to it over the past month. A non-fiction fiction epic humanizing history
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