Robert Clive (1725 1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived in Madras as a clerk for the East India Company in 1744. Through timely promotion and a c
In this biography of General Gordon, C. Brad Faught looks afresh at the life of one of the most famous Victorian military men. Although a later age would come to reject Gordon's record and the values
Charles George Gordon was the preeminent military hero of the late-Victorian British Empire. A lifetime officer in the Royal Engineers, he served in several theaters of war and imperial contest, most
Well over a century and a half after its high point, the Oxford Movement continues to stand out as a powerful example of religion in action. Led by four young Oxford dons—John Henry Newman, John Keble
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The British Empire in its late-Victorian heyday spanned the globe and linked? a quarter of the world’s population to Britain. The New A-Z of Empire responds to the current burgeoning interest in empir
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The British Empire in its late-Victorian heyday spanned the globe and linked? a quarter of the world’s population to Britain. The New A-Z of Empire responds to the current burgeoning interest in empir
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