Search results for "empire"
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History
Boudicca's Revolt: The British Queen Who Nearly Drove Rome From Britain
In 60 AD the queen of the Iceni led the most serious challenge to Roman rule in Britain's history, destroying …
Analysis
The British Monarchy: A Complete History from William the Conqueror to King Charles III
Almost a thousand years of kings and queens, revolution and restoration, abdication and renewal — the complete…
Analysis
A Complete History of Britain: From Roman Conquest to the Modern Nation
How one small island became the world's most influential nation — and what that history means for Britain toda…
Analysis
The History of the English Language: From Anglo-Saxon to Global Tongue
How a dialect spoken by a few thousand Germanic settlers became the world's lingua franca — and what that hist…
Analysis
The British Empire: Rise, Rule and Legacy — A Complete History
At its peak the British Empire covered 24 per cent of the earth. How it was built, how it was lost, and why it…
Analysis
The History of London: From Roman Londinium to Global Megacity
Two thousand years of one city: how a Roman river crossing became the capital of an empire, survived plague an…
History
Roman Britain: How Rome Ruled Britannia for Nearly 400 Years
From Julius Caesar's first landings in 55 BC to the withdrawal of the legions in 410 AD, Rome left an indelibl…
History
The British Empire: Rise, Reach and the Reckoning With Its Legacy
At its peak in 1920, the British Empire covered a quarter of the world's land surface and governed a quarter o…
History
The Industrial Revolution: How Britain Transformed the World Between 1760 and 1840
From the spinning jenny to the steam engine, Britain's factories and mines reshaped human civilisation — and c…
History
The Second World War: Britain Alone, the Blitz and Churchill's Finest Hour
Between 1939 and 1945 Britain fought the most existential conflict in its history — standing alone against Naz…
History
The Slave Trade and Abolition: Britain's Darkest Commerce and Its End
For over 200 years Britain was the world's leading slave trader; understanding the movement that ended it is e…
History
The Tudor Dynasty: From Bosworth Field to the Golden Age of Elizabeth I
The Tudors ruled England from 1485 to 1603 and transformed it through the Reformation, the break with Rome and…
History
The Victorian Age: How the Nineteenth Century Made Modern Britain
Queen Victoria's 63-year reign saw Britain industrialise, urbanise, expand its empire and create the social, p…