What was the title of Leo Tolstoy’s 1863–1869 novel?

Leo Tolstoy’s 1863–1869 novel was War and Peace.

War and Peace is a vast historical novel set mainly during the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath. It follows aristocratic families and individuals whose lives intersect with major military and political events in early nineteenth-century Russia.

Tolstoy combined fictional characters with real historical figures and extended philosophical reflections on history, leadership, and human choice. The novel’s scale is one reason it is frequently regarded as one of the central achievements of world literature.

Publication took place in installments over several years, and the final book appeared in 1869. It is sometimes confused with Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s other internationally famous novel, which focuses more closely on social life, marriage, and personal crisis in nineteenth-century Russia.