Napoleon’s idea of government was so oppressive that Wellington’s victory is one of the most important events in European history.

As Napoleon Bonaparte swept from victory to victory in Europe, he began to think he might add the East to the possessions of the French Republic.

Britain’s ties to the rulers of Russia go back to the time of the Norman Invasion.

Hoping to please opinion at home, the French Emperor pressured the Turks into new outrages against their Christian population, and Russia hit back.

John Bright told his Birmingham constituents that if Britain was indeed a great nation, it was because her public was contented and not because her empire was wide.

Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, shared his excitement at the way railways were making Indians more independent.