War and Peace
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
War and Peace
| Author | Leo Tolstoy |
|---|---|
| Published | 1869 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Tolstoy’s novel of Russian society through the Napoleonic wars, and — in the essays he refuses to cut out of it — an argument that history is not made by great men at all. |
Where I heard about it
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Replies to @typesfast — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025 — answering a question about history books with a novel is itself the argument Tolstoy is making. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
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On Patrick Collison’s Bookshelf — Patrick Collison’s catalog of the physical books he owns (unflagged). Saved in Kyle’s April 19th, 2020 Roam daily note.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- History — Tolstoy’s theory of it is half the book.
What links here
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