Footnotes and Tangents

Footnotes and Tangents

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Mikhail Ivanovich
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Mikhail Ivanovich

Prince Bolkonsky's architect

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Jan 11, 2024
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Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky's architect. He is always busy because at Ball Hills, they are always building things.

BOOK ONE

Book One, Part One

Chapter 24

The architect is invited to the Bolkonsky dinner so that the old prince can show off his egalitarian values. But the taciturn man is not there to have an opinion, only to be a “peg” for the prince’s topics.

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