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What happens to Prince Andrey Bolkonsky at the Battle of Austerlitz in War and Peace?

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Portrait of Leo Tolstoy with a long white beard, wearing a dark shirt and looking slightly to the side. — Leo Tolstoy Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest novelists. His masterpieces are *War and Peace* (1865–69) and *Anna Karenina* (1875–77).

In Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Prince Andrey Bolkonsky is injured during the Battle of Austerlitz while serving under General Kutuzov. Following the battle, he is presumed dead by those back home until he eventually returns to his wife, Lise, who passes away shortly thereafter during childbirth.1