St. Natalia's Day, 1805. While the Count fusses over preparations for dinner, the Countess Rostov, her eldest daughte...

At one of her soirees, Anna Scherer suggests Princess Maria Bolkonskya to Vasili Kuragin as a suitable match for his ...

Austrian General Mack is defending Ulm from Napoleon's army. When the Prince of Liechtenstein arrives at Napoleon's h...

The Russian army has fallen back to Austerlitz. A letter containing the news that Nikolai has both been wounded and m...

Napoleon sends General Savary to the Tsar to tell him how much his support of Austria wounds him, but also to learn M...

Twenty thousand men have died at Austerlitz and Marshal Kutuzov has written to Prince Bolkonsky to inform him that An...

Pierre learns that Dolohov is Helene's lover and, at a banquet hosted by Count Rostov in Kutuzov's honor, he is delib...

Andrei is weary of life, but meeting Natasha at the Rostov family home prompts him to reappraise his feelings. Lieute...

At Bald Hills, Andrei tells his father that he plans to marry Natasha Rostova. Prince Bolkonsky is not enthusiastic a...

Leaving the Countess behind in Petersburg, the Count, Natasha and Sonya return to Moscow. Natasha's godmother, Maria ...

Napoleon's former chief of police, Fouche, brings the Emperor a memorandum in which he has set down the reason why he...

As Napoleon's army advances towards Moscow, Pierre, Count Rostov and Petya attend a meeting at which Governor-General...

Julia Karagina, who is now married to Boris Drubetskoy, pays a visit to the Rostovs and they discuss the prospect of ...

The battle of Borodino is over, neither side having the energy to fight on. The loss of life has been as considerable...

Napoleon arrives in a deserted Moscow and is angered that there is no deputation of noblemen to meet him there. Pierr...

Andrei wakes and remembers his time in a field hospital immediately after the battle of Borodino and the fate of Anat...

At Yaroslvl, Natasha is nursing Andrei. She has received a letter from Maria and tells Andrei that she and Nikolenka ...

Marshal Berthier tries to persuade a reluctant Napoleon that they should leave Moscow and return to France, while Mar...

At Yaroslavl, Natasha and Maria are still mourning the death of Andrei. Maria suggests that Natasha should come with ...

Russia, 1820. Natasha and her children are staying with Nikolai and Maria at Bald Hills while Pierre is away. Nikolai...