Who am I to give this any less than five stars? It is easy to see why this book has stood the test of time, but I would have traded the Second Epilogue, reciting Tolstoy's theory of history, for some more information earlier in the narrative regarding the off-camera (and convenient!) deaths of two of the characters. Though I did enjoy the "happily ever after" victory lap of the First Epilogue, after the long journey I had come on with these people. Now I want to see a sequel musical, "The Great Comet: Moscow Burning," with Princess Mary as the lead character (I never did warm up to Natasha).