September of 1812.
Refugees move away from Moscow and soon they are horrified to see the ancient capital in flames. Anna Petrovna Ivanova learns of the death of her beloved on the battlefield of Borodino, shortly before giving birth to her second son, Dmitri. A child of a war and participant as a doctor and observer in other wars of Russia and other countries, Dmitri, brought up in the Orthodox Christian spirit by his grandmother, Sofia Andreyevna, will be confronted with the various political and cultural currents of his time. Political revolutions, conspiracies, his brother's suicide in Siberia, the Industrial Revolution, the social problems of prostitution, slavery and the drug trade shape the protagonist's visions of the world, while being raised as an artist and meeting Leo Tolstoy leads to discussions about education and culture. A historical novel about one of the most shocking times in modern history.
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