
Portions of an earlier version, titled The Year 1805, were serialized in The Russian Messenger from 1865 to 1867 before the novel was published in its entirety in 1869. The novel chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.

War and Peace ( Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ ) is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869.
