War And Peace Part 4 Of 4 Author:Leo Tolstoy Part Four Of Four Parts Written around the time of our own civil war, WAR AND PEACE concerns another violent conflict: the invasion of Russia by Napoleon in 1812. While Tolstoy himself was born 16 years later, he grew up in a Russia that was still recovering from Napoleon's carnage and his outlook was certainly influenced by the men he met an... more »d the stories he heard. One finishes WAR AND PEACE in a state of exhil- eration, for we have come to know and care deeply about the lives, loves and fates of the teeming personalities who populate Tolstoy's masterpiece, and who, henceforth, will walk with us on our journeys of imagination.« less