So it was also with South Asia. In 1946, Sir Francis Tucker, the head of Eastern Command, proposed a British protectorate ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 ...

It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins ... the origins of the second empire; explorers; liberalism and racism; the expansion of colonies ...

Empire of Light, the latest film from ACADEMY AWARD® winning director Sam Mendes, is a prime example of the genre. Set in the quintessentially British environment of a struggling art deco cinema ...