Its author originally planned to write a novel about the  Decembrist movement of the 1820s, but soon realized that he could  not explain the Decembrists without explaining the generation of  their parents. As a result, all that remains of its first draft is  a single character, the future revolutionary Nikolai Bolkonsky, who  appears as a child in its last chapter. FTP, identify this long  novel c
Its author originally planned to write a novel about the  Decembrist movement of the 1820s, but soon realized that he could  not explain the Decembrists without explaining the generation of  their parents. As a result, all that remains of its first draft is  a single character, the future revolutionary Nikolai Bolkonsky, who  appears as a child in its last chapter. FTP, identify this long  novel covering the years 1805 to 1813, written by Leo Tolstoy.
Its author originally planned to write a novel about the  Decembrist movement of the 1820s, but soon realized that he could  not explain the Decembrists without explaining the generation of  their parents.
{War and Peace}