War and Peace with Footnotes and Tangents

Welcome to Footnotes and Tangents. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is a year-long slow read of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, a chapter a day.Each week, I dive into the detail, with summaries, background, footnotes and tangents to enrich your reading.Read the full post there. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit footnotesandtangents.substack.com/subscribe

From 1 January, we will read War and Peace, one chapter a day. Each week, I send out a post and podcast with summaries and a discussion of the last seven chapters. Each day, we meet in the chat threads to talk about that day’s chapter.Read the full post there. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit footnotesandtangents.substack.com/subscribe