War and Peace · Character
Charles XIV John of Sweden
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 172
He enters the story only as a name caught in a dry, unsettling observation about power and madness. The passing reference leaves more shadow than portrait, like a footnote that briefly opens onto a wider, uncertain world.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 172
- Books
- 1
Tolstoy mentions Charles XIV John only in passing, as the former French marshal who replaced Sweden’s supposedly insane king and was said to have gone mad himself. The novel gives him no developed role, relationships, or personal arc beyond that wry remark.
Description
The novel identifies Charles XIV John as Sweden’s king and a former French marshal, but offers no physical description. His height, build, coloring, facial features, hair, eyes, and customary clothing are not specified.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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