33 Shows Like "Downton Abbey" to Watch When You Miss the Crawleys

If you thought the English aristocracy was extravagant, well, you clearly haven't seen the Russians. "War and Peace," adapted most recently in 2016 from the Tolstoy classic novel, is an epic spanning years in the lives of Russian aristocrats, focusing particularly on the Bolkonskys, the Kuragins, and the Rostovs. As the younger generations (including "Downton"'s Lily James) fight wars and fall in and out of love, the very bedrock of Russian society begins to be shaken to its core. Just as "Downton" depicted the rise and fall of the glittering English nobility, "War and Peace" covers their Russian counterparts with just as much glamour and drama.