DRAMA

WAR AND PEACE, RTE ONE, THURSDAY 11.20PM

In the final episode of the dramatisation, Napoleon’s arrival in Moscow forces the Rostovs to flee the city, Sonya makes a final decision and Pierre changes his mind.

The Rostovs’ younger son, Petya, is killed in the skirmishes, and after hearing this his father, already in shock from the loss of all his property and the burning of Moscow, subsequently dies of a broken heart.

Sonya releases Nikolai from their engagement, and he instead becomes engaged to and later marries Marya. Pierre finally proposes to, and marries, Natasha and starts a family, and their extended family includes the Rostovs, Sonya, and Andrei’s son.