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Normale hoofdstukken zijn uit. Nu over op de twee (!!) epilogen

“The horseflesh was appetising and nourishing, the saltpetre flavour of the gunpowder they used instead of salt was even pleasant, there was no great cold,…, the lice that devoured him warmed his body”

“They all plainly and certainly knew that they were criminals who must hide the traces of their guilt as quickly as possible.”

Pagina 700!! Nog maar 250 te gaan :)

“The french army pushed on to Moscow, its goal, its impetus ever increasing as it neared its aim, just as the velocity of a falling body increases as it approaches the earth.”

Book nine, p.477

Page 400!! Het boek is nog steeds interessant maar begin wel klein beetje mn aandacht te verliezen. Hopelijk komt er snel weer meer oorlog

“Life meanwhile - real life, with its essential interests of health and sickness, toil and rest, and its intellectual interest in thought, science, poetry, music, love, friendship, hatred, and passion - went on as usual, independently of the friendship or enmity with Napoleon Buonaparte and from all the schemes of reconstruction.”

Volume 1 (of 3) finished