In new book 'The Jew Who Would Be King,' historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck ...

This is the central argument of University of Exeter professor of history Jeremy Black’s new book Imperial Legacies: The British Empire Around ... China intervenes in Africa against European ...

It spread from the Americas to include colonies in Africa, Asia and Australasia. During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in ...

Gladstone, again her prime minister, disliked about British colonial ... of diminishing Empire. Mahdi. Hulton Getty Picture Archive. The Queen's experience of colonial Africa had been even more ...

it is possible to travel down the spine of Africa on a railroad in what were parts of the British empire cobbled together by people like Rhodes. Rhodes was a ruthless businessman who used his ...

Technically speaking, however, sunlight continued to shine on at least one portion of British-occupied land for about another six months. The primary holdout? A section of the British Antarctic ...

Travels in West Africa (National Geographic adventure classics, 2002 edn) J G Farrell, The Siege of Krishapur 1857 (Pheonix Paperback, 2002 edn) C20th: Priyamvada Gopal, Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial ...

The history of RIBA is closely entwined with that of the British Empire, which expanded and consolidated its ... flora, and fauna of South Africa, Australia, India, Canada, and New Zealand. This ...

The monument was constructed in 1834, a years after slavery was abolished across the British Empire. The display includes letters from the early American colonist John Winthrop, organisers says.