War and Peace Update

Well, I'm not up to the 600-page mark.  Only 855 to go.

The latest doings -- Prince Nikolai learned that Count Nikolai has taken service in the army, while Prince Andrei told Prince Boris that Princess Helen has married Count Pierre whose cousin Princess Katerina has received a smaller stipend than expected which was left to her by the late Count Kiril whose distant cousin Princess Anne had implored Prince Vasily to intercede on her behalf, as Countess Natasha attends her first ball and has caught the eye of the window of Princess Lisa.who died giving birth to Prince Nikolai, Jr.

It's a prince of a novel, where you can count on many relationships overlapping.