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War & Peace 2026: Day 162
Footnotes & Tangents for War & Peace: Book 2 Part 5 Chapter 20
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War & Peace Weekly #23: A dramatic interlude
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Hello slow readers
If you have read up to Book 2, Part 4, Chapter 19, you can now read or listen to my weekly post, W&P #23: A dramatic interlude, and join the discussion in the comments. I published this post in 2025, and t...
War & Peace 2026: Day 161
Footnotes & Tangents for War & Peace: Book 2 Part 5 Chapter 19
War & Peace 2026 | Schedule | Characters | Settings
War & Peace 2026: Day 160
Footnotes & Tangents for War & Peace: Book 2 Part 5 Chapter 18
War & Peace 2026 | Schedule | Characters | Settings
Wolf Crawl 2026 #23: The cutting wind
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Hello and welcome to Wolf Crawl, a year-long slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy. Read the introduction to this read-along.
Week 23 of Wolf Crawl runs from Monday, 8 June to Sunday, 14 June. The reading for this we...
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