This reissued hardcover edition thoroughly examines colonial era forts through narrative and illustration. It offers information about their physical attributes

in 1985 Simon Winchester, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the far-flung islan

Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, fear of Indigenous uprisings spread across the British Empire and nibbled at the edges of settler societies. Publicly ad

Refers to Pierre-Joseph Celoron de Blainville.

The occupation of San Juan Island by the Royal Marines between 1860 and 1872 marked the last time "redcoats" would be stationed in lands south of the 49th paral