War and Peace · Character
Captain Yákovlev
Also known as Yákovlev
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 287
Captain Yákovlev is encountered in a state of stark deprivation: robbed, in rags, and uncertain how to find his way out of Moscow. The dignity of his title sits uneasily beside the vulnerability of his circumstances.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 287
- Books
- 1
Robbed and left in rags, Yákovlev does not know how to get out of Moscow. He receives a letter from Napoleon addressed to Emperor Alexander, a strange responsibility placed in the hands of a man already stripped of security. The text gives no further account of his fate.
Description
Yákovlev is a male captain, but the text gives no details of his age, build, complexion, hair, eyes, or facial features. His defining visible condition is his ragged clothing, worn after he has been robbed; his appearance should feel disheveled without adding unsupported specifics.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Napoleon BonaparteFrench emperor and Russian envoy
Napoleon explains his policy to Yákovlev and dispatches him to Petersburg with a letter for Alexander.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
Appearances
Meet Captain Yákovlev in Bookworm
Meet Captain Yákovlev in your EPUB — spoiler-safe to the book you're on.