There was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire. It certainly didn ... at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte spent the final six ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

Understanding the British Empire (CUP, 2010); Ronald Hyam, Britain's Imperial Century, 1815 to 1914 (CUP latest edn); John Newsinger, The blood never dried: A people’s history of the British Empire ...

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 ...

How did Britain's naval strength, coupled with the beginnings of the industrial revolution, lead to the establishment of a strong global empire? Discover the different tactics available to ...