Tolstoy L.: War and Peace (TV tie-in)

A midst a lavish party in St Petersburg attended by society’s finest, the prospect of war is one everyone’s lips. Soon the lives of Pierre, Prince Andrei and Natasha are changed forever as Napoleon’s armies invade and brutal conflict tears their worlds apart.
In this beguiling masterpiece, Tolstoy entwines love, death and determinism with war and its effects on those swept up by the terror it brings. Following the rise and fall of some Russia’s most influential families, this truthful and poignant epic is as relevant today as ever.