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 ...

As British, Austrian, Russian, and Austrian forces once again came together to stop Napoleon in 1815, Napoleon gathered forces to rebuild his empire. His final campaigns, fought in Belgium ...

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 ...

The news of the gruesome execution of Ehelepola’s family was conveyed to D’Oyly by Major Davie, who was taken prisoner during the 1803 war in Kandy. All efforts to find the whereabouts of the British ...