War and Peace · Character
Colonel Michaud
Also known as M. Michaud, Michaud
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 176
Michaud’s lowered eyes and almost invisible smile lend him a quiet, difficult-to-read air. A French officer in a Russian military world, he seems attentive to the distance between what is said and what is understood.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 176
- Books
- 1
Michaud is a French colonel who does not know Russian, a fact that shapes his place among the Russian officers he encounters. At the Drissa fortifications he points out the absurdity of the camp, and later, at the semicouncil, he attacks Wolzogen in French. His final impression is not one of triumph but of subdued sadness, tempered by a faint, enigmatic smile.
Description
Michaud wears a French military uniform. His face is sad, his eyes lowered, and a subtle, scarcely perceptible smile rests on his lips. The text does not establish his coloring, hair, age, or build, leaving his restrained expression as his clearest visual signature.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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