South African settlers of Dutch descent could not escape the march of the British Empire.

The future hero of Waterloo dealt with political ambush as comfortably as he dealt with the military kind.

Queen Victoria assured her subjects that there were no second-class citizens in her eyes.

Abdul Karim’s rapid rise in Victoria’s household made him enemies.

The Scottish missionary and medic believed that slavery could better be eradicated by trade than by force.

Robert Clive turned seven hundred frightened recruits into crack troops by sheer force of personality.