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Into the epilogues now and man is Tolstoy really sticking it to Napoleon.

Hm. Taking Moscow worked out badly for Napoleon and the French. Can Nicholas and Princess Mary get together? Will Pierre make it back to Moscow? Will Natasha return his affection, now that Prince Andrew is gone? And what of poor Sophia? Was Nicholas's infatuation with her over that mummer's Christmas just that?

Napoleon's drawing closer to Moscow and there's an awful lot of talk about the left flank of the Russian line...