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.
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}