Thursday's with Tolstoy: Week 43

Book 14

Chapters 8-14

In last week’s reading Petya Rostov had attached himself to Denisov’s infantry unit. They began following an evacuating French Unit. This week Petya volunteered to join Dolkohov on a scouting mission to see just how strong that unit was. They dressed as peasants and road their horses’ right into the camp, visited with the French and had a look around. The next day they attacked. Sadly Petya was shot in the head and killed. War is ugly. I liked Petya.