Tolstoy's last work was War and Peace. The novel was first published in 1887 and became one of Tolstoy's most famous works and a classic in the history of world literature. "War and Peace" portrays the grand story of 19th-century Russian history, covering the history from the 1812 Napoleon invasion to the 1914 Russian Revolution. It deeply explored the topics of human nature, family, honor, power and war. The novel won many literary awards, including the 1888 Nobel Prize in Literature. It became one of Tolstoy's most famous works and one of the classics in the history of world literature.