War and Peace - Book Ten – Lev Nikolayeviç Tolstoy – Platanus Publishing

Napoleon b began the war with Russia becau­se he could not resist going to Dresden, could not help having his head turned by the homage he re­ceived, could not help donning a Polish uniform and yielding to the stimulating influence of a June morning, and could not refrain from bursts of an­ger in the presence of Kurákin and then of Balashëv