Hornblower: The Wrong War

Of all the 18th-century maritime adventures in A&E’s Captian Horation Hornblower series, based on the novels by C.S, Forster, this entry resonates most powerfully in contemporary times.
When Admiral Hood (Peter Vaughan) pressures Captain Pellew to cooperate with the French, Pellew must bite his tongue — he's well aware of the risks involved in this misalliance. But to Admiral Hood, who moves troops about as if they were toy soldiers, teaming with refugee Royalists is a win-win situation for the British: If the exiled General Charette (John Shrapnel) succeeds in fomenting an insurrection, the English can claim allegiance to the monarchy displaced by the Fr...