War and Peace, Part 1

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War and Peace, Part 1

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Leo Tolstoy was a colossal genius of the first order, and War and Peace is one of the best books that The Bookening has ever or will ever do. So that's why you should listen to this episode, in which Brandon provides some much needed context on Russian history, the life of Tolstoy, and more. Listen today. Yay!Support us here!

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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