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Mentioned as another comparison made by critics to The Tale of Genji

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Mentioned alongside Anna Karenina as a comparison to The Tale of Genji, with Tolstoy being 'the other great comparison'

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Mentioned as a book Kennedy took with him and read while serving in the South Pacific

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Referenced when discussing the timeline of the Tilsit meeting: 'Today we always read it as War and Peace, but it's actually three volumes before Tilsit as well'

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Described as probably the most famous historical novel, noted for being about history itself and how history works