<P> Pierre 's life changes after he becomes the sole heir to his father 's vast estate , and his position in society is changed from that of an illegitimate son to the new Count Bezukhov . His inability to control his emotions and sexual passions lead him into a marriage with the vapid but sensually beautiful Princess Hélène , a match which her self - serving father , Prince Vasily , sets up to secure his access to Pierre 's newly acquired vast fortune . Hélène is not in love with Pierre , and has affairs . From jealousy , Pierre shoots her suspected lover , Dolokhov , in a duel . He is distraught at having committed such a crime and eventually separates from Hélène and then becomes a Freemason . His madcap escape into the city of Moscow and his subsequent obsessive belief that he is destined to be Napoleon 's assassin show his submission to irrational impulses . Yet his search for meaning in his life and for how to overcome his emotions are a central theme of the novel . He eventually finds love and peace with Natasha Rostova and their marriage is perhaps the culmination of a life of moral and spiritual questioning . </P>
<P> Pierre 's life changes after he becomes the sole heir to his father 's vast estate , and his position in society is changed from that of an illegitimate son to the new Count Bezukhov . His inability to control his emotions and sexual passions lead him into a marriage with the vapid but sensually beautiful Princess Hélène , a match which her self - serving father , Prince Vasily , sets up to secure his access to Pierre 's newly acquired vast fortune . Hélène is not in love with Pierre , and has affairs . From jealousy , Pierre shoots her suspected lover , Dolokhov , in a duel . He is distraught at having committed such a crime and eventually separates from Hélène and then becomes a Freemason . His madcap escape into the city of Moscow and his subsequent obsessive belief that he is destined to be Napoleon 's assassin show his submission to irrational impulses . Yet his search for meaning in his life and for how to overcome his emotions are a central theme of the novel . He eventually finds love and peace with Natasha Rostova and their marriage is perhaps the culmination of a life of moral and spiritual questioning . </P>
who does pierre marry in war and peace
who does pierre marry in war and peace
Princess Hélène Natasha Rostova
Princess Hélène Natasha Rostova