Beat to Quarters

In this naval adventure set during the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Horatio Hornblower commands the HMS Lydia on a perilous mission in Central American waters. He must locate a water passage across the isthmus, secure an alliance with a volatile Spanish landowner, and engage the powerful fifty-gun Spanish warship Natividad. The job becomes complicated when a beautiful passenger boards his ship, threatening to distract him from his duty.