The Tolstoy Library

In which a heated and disorderly council debates the merits and flaws of the Drissa camp strategy, revealing the passions and prejudices of those involved in high command, while Prince Andrew quietly ...

14 Aug 13min

In which young Nicholas Rostóv, torn between his duties to his family and his love for the homeland, finds solace and camaraderie amidst the stirring beginnings of a military campaign, experiencing th...

14 Aug 10min

In which the Emperor seeks counsel on a fortification whose tactical merits come under scrutiny, revealing the friction between theoretical science and practical war. Prince Andrew encounters Pfuel, a...

14 Aug 9min

In which Prince Andrew observes the complex and divided counsel surrounding the Russian army’s strategic position near Drissa, revealing a landscape of conflicting military theories, courtly intrigues...

13 Aug 18min

In which the inscrutable Napoleon, buoyed by the adulation of Vilna, extends a cordial yet self-assured hand to the Russian envoy Balashëv, engaging in conversation that reveals his unshakable convict...

13 Aug 8min

In which Prince Andrew, burdened by past disappointments and restlessness, seeks solace and purpose by joining the army and confronting the ties that bind him to his family and former life. Amidst the...

13 Aug 15min

In which a Russian envoy visits the splendid court of Napoleon and engages in a tense diplomatic exchange marked by the French Emperor’s imperious manner and restless energy. The conversation reveals ...

12 Aug 17min

In which an inspection of the stern and uncompromising Marshal Davout reveals the harsh mechanisms by which power is maintained and shown to those beneath it, even amidst the weariness of war. The arr...

12 Aug 6min