Thibalt de Montalmbert

Set in 1776, when the American Colonies were losing more battles than they won in their armed rebellion, this eight-part series chronicles how Benjamin Franklin, as one of the new nation’s Founding Fathers, traveled to France to try to secure that country’s support and financial aid in their fight for Independence from England. While his tactics were unconventional, charismatic Franklin was eventually able to forge the Franco-American alliance of 1778, which led to a peace treaty with England in 1778 and Independence.