1838 was the second year of Queen Victoria’s reign. Looking at this single year, we can get a sense of the different experiences of life in the British Empire. In Jamaica, the abolition of ...
Queen Victoria's Empire is both the story of this remarkable ... It is the story of the influential figures that would shape a distinctively British imperialism: Gladstone, Disraeli, Livingstone ...
Queen Victoria was one of the most important monarchs in British history, and many people assume all of her brood led charmed ...
During her reign the British Empire reached the height of its prestige and she was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877. She celebrated her Golden Jubilee in the Abbey in 1887 during which she sat in ...
In the days when the sun never set on the British Empire, there was only one woman who made Queen Victoria quake in her lace-up boots: Jind Kaur, the powerful Maharani of the Sikh Empire.
Do you have what it takes to travel the length of the British Empire and return with its secrets? Be forewarned -- this adventure is not for the lazy or weak-minded ...
On the same day in May 1856 that Queen Victoria held a review in Hyde Park ... and paid the bills for the British-officered army that maintained a semblance of order. Overseeing the directors ...
But like many Brits of my generation (I was born the year before the coronation) my life has been bookended by the reign of Queen Elizabeth ... been lifted; the British Empire still ruled large ...
During a grand procession to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee ... They felt it was their duty and privilege as part of the British Empire. In contrast, French Canadians felt it was ...
A bust of Queen Victoria has disappeared from a town in North Wales after more than 130 years. The bronze bust has withstood two world wars and a global pandemic, but it has recently disappeared ...