When Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837, Britain already governed other countries, including Canada, India, New Zealand, and several African areas. This was known as the British Empire.

His identification of the Silurian system in geology--and subsequent prediction of the location of economic riches--is as notable as his patronage of David Livingstone and other figures of Victorian ...

Gladstone, again her prime minister, disliked about British ... Victoria, who would never venture farther south from England than France and Italy, it was a tactile introduction to the Empire ...

They were even invited to London to meet Queen Victoria. As Mehdi rose through ... cultural hybridity during the high noon of the British Indian Empire. It wouldn't be too long before Indian ...

At the height of the Empire, a select band of British people renounced Christianity and converted to Islam. These are the stories of three such pioneers, who defied Victorian norms at a time when ...

The Truth About Empire promises to be “a shield against the assault on historical truth.” Its authors might do well to visit ...

Do you have what it takes to travel the length of the British Empire and return with its secrets? Be forewarned -- this adventure is not for the lazy or weak-minded ...