It is said more people have falsely claimed to have read his book "War and Peace" than any other. In that book, Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) mentions Freemasonry no less than 89 times, includes several characters who are Freemasons. and describes a Masonic initiation in such detail that many assume he was a Freemason. In fact, no record of his membership exists and it is unlikely he ever became a member. For most of his life Freemasonry was forbidden in Russia and by the time it returned, he was old and in poor health.
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