Victoria became queen at the age of 18 after the death of her uncle, William IV. She reigned for more than 60 years, longer than any other British monarch. Her reign was a period of significant social ...

Each of us tells a story about who we are, often tracing our identity back through an imagined line of ancestors. Though ...

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British ...

The Ending of World War One - Germany had high hopes of winning World War One - especially after astonishing advances early ...