War and Peace · Character
Prince Eugène of Württemberg
Also known as Eugène of Württemberg
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 320
He is glimpsed at a distance, set apart on a hill above a mass of movement below. The moment gives him a stark, commanding silhouette, though the novel offers little personal detail to make him familiar.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 320
- Books
- 1
Prince Eugène of Württemberg appears briefly on a hill, firing over the crowds of French soldiers. Tolstoy gives him no extended personal history or transformation, and his role remains a small, sharply staged presence within the larger military panorama.
Description
The text provides no reliable details of Prince Eugène’s face, hair, eyes, coloring, build, or clothing. He is seen on a hill, firing over a crowd of French soldiers, so his position and action create the only clear visual impression.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
- MI
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutúzovcommander and general seeking reinforcements
At Krásnoe, Eugène fires on the fleeing French from a hill and requests reinforcements that do not arrive, amid the confused operations Kutúzov had tried to avoid.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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