Sir Charles Lucas looked back at the role of the Government, the military and private enterprise during three centuries of British adventure overseas.
bySir Charles Prestwood Lucas1853–1931
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Tiger By Morning
When Raffles Haw comes to sleepy Tamfield, his breathtaking generosity starts turning heads at once, and one belongs to Laura McIntyre.
bySir Arthur Conan Doyle1859-1930
Liberty and Prosperity
Unbroken Amity
The Foreign Office had a long tradition of regarding a
strong Russian Empire as ‘not in the British interest,’ but John Bright saw only mutual benefit in it.
byJohn Bright1811-1889
Kings and Queens of England
Victoria to George VI
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Victoria in 1837 to Elizabeth II in 1952.
byClay Lane
Tudor Era
The Voyage of the ‘Golden Hinde’
Elizabethan adventurer Sir Francis Drake combined sailing round the world with really annoying the King of Spain.
byClay Lane
Japanese History
Will Adams
An Elizabethan mariner reaches Japan under terrible hardships, only to find himself under sentence of death at the hands of his fellow Europeans.