The British Empire was the largest empire in history. At its height in 1922, it covered around a quarter of Earth's land surface and ruled over 458 million people.

Brendon’s title is a deliberate echo of Gibbon’s masterpiece, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Not because he wishes to set himself up as a rival to Gibbon – no historian ‘in ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take the oath of office, Canada and the United Kingdom have emerged as the most ...

From India’s original inhabitants, the Mauryans, to the British, who came as traders but stayed to reshape its history, this is a land that absorbed everyone, even those who tried to dominate it. From ...

The Truth About Empire: Real Stories of British Colonialism; By Alan Lester Hurst; 304 pp., 34.95 Pennycuick, a British Indian Army engineer, achieved deification for building the Mullaperiyar Dam ...

Stephen Fry has been knighted in the U.K.’s annual New Year Honors list, while Carey Mulligan and Sarah Lancashire have been named commanders of the British Empire. Each year, the reigning ...

The Truth about Empire is a collection of essays by experts in the field. The sheer range of essays in the volume shows a broad array of research interests on the topic of British colonialism. Twelve ...

Under the visionary leadership of Emperor Peter the Great (Peter I), the empire expanded immensely, becoming one of the largest in history, with nearly 125.6 million people under its rule. Through ...

How Britain lost an empire - geographical summary World War Two and the growth of Indian and African nationalism led to the decline and dissolution of the British Empire. Britain: Migration ...

While they may define rule of law differently, both schools champion its importance both to the state and to the citizenry. I argue that, in the British Empire, the doctrine of the rule of law was ...