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.

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 ...

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 ...

Bringing together literary formalism and British World history, Settler Colonialism in Victorian Literature describes how what it meant to be 'British ... borders of identity and character, of nation ...

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 ...

Britons were never very interested in their empire. At its Victorian peak, the great public controversies were more likely to be liturgical than imperial. In 1948, 51% of the British public could ...