Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

The 500,000 strong Napoleon's army moves through Russia and causes much destruction culminating in the battle of Borodino. The Russian army has to retreat. Moscow is occupied, looted and burned down, but soon Napoleon loses control and has to flee. Both sides suffer tremendous losses in the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed. 　　As Moscow is set ablaze by the ret...

拿破仑与俄罗斯的动荡关系，包括1812年的灾难性入侵，成为两个贵族家庭错综复杂的个人生活的背景。