Victorian

Gerald Morgan recounts how, towards the mid-nineteenth century, Russian expansion in Central Asia prompted the authorities in India to send British Missions in reply.

Robert Woodall describes how twenty-nine years of public controversy preceded the political emancipation of British Jews.

Joanna Richardson relates how, as Préfet de la Seine from 1853 until 1870, Haussmann superintended the rebuilding and enlargement of Paris.

W. Bruce Lincoln explains how Russian terrorists decided that ‘by the will of the people’ the Tsar Alexander II must be assassinated.

Charles Chenevix Trench assesses the enterprising officer’s life in Asia and Africa of Colonel Stewart, the man assigned to the Sudan in the time of the ‘Mahdi’.

Patricia Wright profiles Falconer Larkworthy, a man who served in the banks of both Australia and New Zealand during the great Gold Rush of the 1850s.

Joanna Richardson describes how, one summer day, after rowing along the Thames accompanied by three little girls, the author of the famous 'Alice' books first sent his heroine down a rabbit hole into a fantastic underground world, enriched with his own memories of many different scenes and characters.

A.P. Ryan profiles William Howard Russell. Best known as the critical reporter of the Crimean War, Russell also served The Times as its correspondent during the American Civil War and the Franco-Russian campaign.

Dorothy George looks at the development of political - and often satirical - public artwork in early modern Britain.

A biographical portrait by Lord David Cecil of William Lamb, the early 19th century parliamentarian better known as Lord Melbourne.

Carol Dyhouse questions some of the assertions made by John Gardiner in his 1999 article about the Victorians.

Noel Annan examines the achievement of a great Victorian prophet.

Asa Briggs evaluates the impact of Sir Robery Peel, a great Prime Minister unwilling to become a popular politician.